3rd Avenue & East 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 23rd Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan, and is also named SVA Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 45 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 1,139 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Stein Senior Center is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places and 101 places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
45 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
3 Av/E 23 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
29 places
6 listed historic places, 5 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    940 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
    0.4 miles
    R W
  2. 28 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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 23 St, 60 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 43 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 23 St M101, M102, M103
    60 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

East 23rd Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 24 St 79 docks in all
    810 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
    1.6 miles
  2. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    440 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 45 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 1994
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2018
  • Turn calming, February 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,139 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 110th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 235 more were issued.

Bus-lane camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on East 23rd Street1,040224
Westbound on East 23rd Street9911
Total1,139235

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
24 feet above sea level

This corner is also named SVA Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 6,700 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 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on SVA Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and September 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, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

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

North side of East 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102440, 103896, 104844, 104845 and 106688.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1882 and 1931.

  1. Russell Sage Foundation Building and Annex Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. School of Visual Arts College
    320 feet
  2. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    420 feet
  3. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    570 feet
Show all 9
  1. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    570 feet
  2. School of the Future High School
    780 feet
  3. Epiphany School (The) School
    860 feet
  4. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  5. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    1,150 feet
  6. Baruch College Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter's Field
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    280 feet
  2. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet
  3. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Epiphany Library
    490 feet
  2. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
Show all 7
  1. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. Church Missions House Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  3. 69th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  4. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Epiphany Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Illuminators Armenian Apostolic Cathedral House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    590 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    970 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,080 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 101 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 23rd Street.

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