3rd Avenue & East 21st Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 21st Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Russell Sage Foundation Building and Annex stands 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about five minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 83 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
3 Av/E 21 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
32 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    1,200 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. 23 St R, W
    0.4 miles
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Long Division” (1988) by Valerie Jaudon at the 23 St-Baruch College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 21 St, 40 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 42 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 21 St M101, M102, M103
    40 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 21st Street.

  • 84 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gramercy Park N & Gramercy Park E 47 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    970 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 6 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102243, 102532 and 102883.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 70 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1876.

  1. Hotel Irving Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. Russell Sage Foundation Building and Annex Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. The National Arts Club Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 colleges
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Epiphany School (The) School
    840 feet
  2. School of Visual Arts College
    860 feet
  3. School of the Future High School
    870 feet
Show all 11
  1. Learningspring School
    930 feet
  2. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    960 feet
  3. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  4. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  5. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    1,110 feet
  6. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    1,110 feet
  7. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    1,130 feet
  8. J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter's Field
    760 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    820 feet
  2. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Epiphany Library
    840 feet
  3. Players, The Listed historic place
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Church Missions House Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  4. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    390 feet
  3. Epiphany Church House of worship
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. East End Temple House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stein Senior Center Older adult center
    620 feet
  2. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 83 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 21st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.