3rd Avenue & Stuyvesant Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and Stuyvesant Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Foundation Building, one of nine Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 270 feet away, and Astor Pl Theatre is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 178 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Astor Pl/Cooper Sq East · M8, M101, M102
Within a walk
44 places
10 listed historic places, 7 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Stuyvesant Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    510 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    900 feet
    R W
  2. 3 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (1986) by Milton Glaser at the Astor Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astor Pl/Cooper Sq East, 160 feet away, for the M8, M101 and M102.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl/Cooper Sq East M8, M101, M102
    160 feet
    M8 M101 M102

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …
  2. M101 …
  3. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 133 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cooper Square & Astor Pl 87 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Stuyvesant Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Stuyvesant Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 98 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1853 and 1886.

  1. Hamilton-Holly House Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. Foundation Building Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. German-American Shooting Society Clubhouse Designated landmark
    330 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Astor Place.

  1. Alamo Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1967
    380 feet
  2. Peter Cooper Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1897
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 4 public spaces
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. John's University Manhattan College
    380 feet
  2. Grace Church High School
    790 feet
  3. La Salle Academy School
    850 feet
Show all 10
  1. St George Academy School
    850 feet
  2. Learning and Fun Preschool
    930 feet
  3. Cooper Union College · listed historic place
    970 feet
  4. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  5. Harvey Milk High School
    1,050 feet
  6. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  7. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    450 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    580 feet
  3. Abe Lebewohl Park
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    380 feet
  2. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    490 feet
  3. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    620 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    1,150 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Ottendorfer Library
    850 feet
Show all 13
  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  4. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    750 feet
  5. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  6. The Ukrainian Museum
    1,070 feet
  7. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  8. Merchant's House Museum
    1,230 feet
  9. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  10. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    840 feet
  3. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cityvine Church Landmark · listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    530 feet
  3. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Grace Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    660 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    810 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    400 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 178 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Stuyvesant Street.

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