Avenue C & East 5th Street

Avenue C and East 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Lower East Side II development. The corner is also named Adela Fargas Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue C/E 5 St, is 90 feet away for the M9. Within a five-minute walk are 60 public places and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Avenue C/E 5 St · M9
Within a walk
60 places
27 gardens, 14 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue C/E 5 St, 90 feet away, for the M9.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue C/E 5 St M9 · Shelter
    90 feet
    M9
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue C.

  • 85 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 5 St & Ave C 55 docks in all
    70 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
10 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Adela Fargas Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Lower East Side II development.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 143 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 71 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2021; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Avenue C

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue C

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1908 and 1923.

  1. Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshe Ungarin Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 public places.

  • 27 gardens
  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Earth School
    640 feet
  2. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    640 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Middle School
    640 feet
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  1. P.S. 015 Roberto Clemente School
    740 feet
  2. New Amsterdam School
    1,220 feet
  3. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    130 feet
  2. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    150 feet
  3. Secret Garden
    240 feet
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  1. Sage's Garden
    380 feet
  2. Fifth Street Slope Garden
    390 feet
  3. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    450 feet
  4. 6BC Botanical Garden
    470 feet
  5. Sam & Sadie Koenig Garden
    570 feet
  6. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    580 feet
  7. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    590 feet
  8. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    690 feet
  9. Firemen's Memorial Garden
    690 feet
  10. Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Jardin Garden
    700 feet
  11. Clyde Romero Memorial Garden
    750 feet
  12. Los Amigos Garden
    780 feet
  13. Orchard Alley Garden
    800 feet
  14. Gustave Hartman Square
    820 feet
  15. Flower Door Garden
    870 feet
  16. La Casita Garden
    870 feet
  17. Peach Tree Garden
    880 feet
  18. La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez Garden
    910 feet
  19. Green Oasis Community Garden / Gilbert's Garden
    920 feet
  20. Earth People Garden
    950 feet
  21. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    980 feet
  22. Hamilton Fish Park
    1,000 feet
  23. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    1,040 feet
  24. 9th St Community Garden Park
    1,050 feet
  25. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
    1,050 feet
  26. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    1,140 feet
  27. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    1,180 feet
  28. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    1,210 feet
  29. Creative Little Garden
    1,280 feet
  30. Tompkins Square Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Museum
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    590 feet
  3. Western Orthodox Hispanic Church St Isidoro & St Leandro House of worship
    600 feet
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  1. Christian Missionary Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Emmanuel Presbyterian Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  4. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  5. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    640 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center
    1,180 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Riis II Community Center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #4 Police station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 C 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.