Avenue A & East 5th Street

Avenue A and East 5th Street meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tompkins Square Park is 540 feet away, and ABC Playground is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them schools, and 167 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Avenue A, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Avenue A/E 5 St · M14A SBS
Within a walk
25 places
9 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue A & East 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 1 Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue A/E 5 St, 30 feet away, for the M14A SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/E 5 St M14A SBS
    30 feet
    M14A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Avenue A carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue A.

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 5 St & Ave A 48 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10009
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue A

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

North side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 5th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104979.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 64 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1902.

  1. First Houses Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. Congregation of Edes Israel Anshei Mesrich Designated landmark
    570 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Tompkins Square Park.

  1. Samuel Sullivan Cox Statue by Louise Lawson, 1891
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    740 feet
  3. Neighborhood School
    750 feet
Show all 11
  1. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    750 feet
  2. New Amsterdam School
    770 feet
  3. Earth School
    840 feet
  4. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    840 feet
  5. Tompkins Square Middle School
    840 feet
  6. George Jackson Academy School
    1,110 feet
  7. Manhattan School for Career Development School
    1,260 feet
  8. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Playground
    450 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park
    540 feet
  3. Creative Little Garden
    590 feet
Show all 8
  1. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    660 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    800 feet
  3. Miracle Garden
    1,110 feet
  4. ABC Playground
    1,160 feet
  5. 6BC Botanical Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Citylight Church Landmark
    650 feet
  2. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church Landmark
    760 feet
  3. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 103 East 7th Street Older adult center
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS 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 167 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue A or East 5th Street.

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