3rd Avenue & East 22nd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 22nd Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan, and is also named Children’s Court Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, six of them listed historic places, and 85 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
3 Av/E 21 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
32 places
6 listed historic places, 6 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 22nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    950 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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, 300 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 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
    720 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017
  • Turn calming, March 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

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
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Children’s Court Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Children’s Court Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 22nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 22nd Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103898, 104845 and 106311.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Gothic. They were mostly built between 1843 and 1883.

  1. Russell Sage Foundation Building and Annex Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. Hotel Irving Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Epiphany School (The) School
    580 feet
  2. School of Visual Arts College
    600 feet
  3. School of the Future High School
    610 feet
Show all 10
  1. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    700 feet
  2. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  3. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    850 feet
  4. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    850 feet
  5. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    880 feet
  6. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  7. Learningspring School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter's Field
    1,020 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    560 feet
  2. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet
  3. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Epiphany Library
    580 feet
  2. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Church Missions House Listed historic place
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Players, The Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  4. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    650 feet
  3. Epiphany Church House of worship
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 85 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 22nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, 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.