3rd Avenue & East 25th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 25th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,372 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. It is 260 feet to the 25th Street Plaza. The nearest subway, 28 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 133 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
28 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
3 Av/E 24 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
30 places
7 religious buildings, 4 public spaces and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 28 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 23 St R, W
    0.5 miles
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “ROAMING UNDERFOOT” (2018) by Nancy Blum at the 28 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 24 St, 220 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 58 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 24 St M101, M102, M103
    220 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 3rd Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 126 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 26 St & 3 Ave 39 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 142 East 31st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2013
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,372 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 596th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 151 more were issued.

Every corner with speed 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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,200 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2025 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on 3rd Avenue (west side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 25th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 25th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101075, 105254, 106557 and 107069.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1904 and 1906.

  1. Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 public spaces
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. School of Visual Arts College
    610 feet
  2. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    730 feet
  3. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Baruch College Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Archdiocese of NY - Epiphany School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  3. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    960 feet
  4. Baruch College Campus High School
    1,200 feet
  5. Rose Hill Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet
  6. School of the Future High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bellevue South Park
    1,250 feet
  2. Dog Run in Bellevue South Park Dog run
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    260 feet
  2. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    400 feet
  3. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Parc East Tower Apartments Public space
    1,010 feet
  2. Public space at Biltmore Plaza Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Epiphany Library
    1,020 feet
  3. House at 203 East 29th Street Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chester A. Arthur House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Illuminators Armenian Apostolic Cathedral House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Our Lady of the Scapular St Stephen Church House of worship
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 133 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 25th 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, NYCHA, 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.