Avenue C & East Houston Street

Avenue C and East Houston Street meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 54 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 7,913 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Hamilton Fish Park is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 52 public places, 18 of them gardens, and 49 places to eat. About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
31 hurt
54 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
East Houston St/Ridge St · M9, M21
Within a walk
52 places
18 gardens, 12 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue C & East Houston 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 nine minutes on foot.

  1. 2 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Ridge St, 100 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Ridge St M9, M21
    100 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue C and Pitt Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 2 St & Ave C 84 docks in all
    190 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 54 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 1999
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2018
  • Turn calming, September 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 7,913 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 86th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 5,073 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 123 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Pitt Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Pitt Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1898 and 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 public places.

  • 18 gardens
  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Keswell School
    580 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 015 Roberto Clemente School
    1,140 feet
  2. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    1,140 feet
  3. New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math High School
    1,160 feet
  4. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  5. P.S. 188 the Island School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gustave Hartman Square
    70 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Park
    100 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    230 feet
Show all 24
  1. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    240 feet
  2. Peach Tree Garden
    460 feet
  3. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    700 feet
  4. Secret Garden
    700 feet
  5. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    710 feet
  6. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    710 feet
  7. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    710 feet
  8. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    830 feet
  9. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    840 feet
  10. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    840 feet
  11. Los Amigos Garden
    910 feet
  12. Sage's Garden
    930 feet
  13. Nathan Straus Playground
    1,020 feet
  14. Hope Garden
    1,040 feet
  15. Orchard Alley Garden
    1,060 feet
  16. Siempre Verde Garden
    1,080 feet
  17. Miracle Garden
    1,090 feet
  18. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    1,160 feet
  19. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    1,210 feet
  20. Wald Playground
    1,270 feet
  21. Fifth Street Slope Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Fish Park Library
    890 feet
  2. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    540 feet
  3. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Western Orthodox Hispanic Church St Isidoro & St Leandro House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Landmark
    280 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    370 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Post Office
    440 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 12 Avenue D Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    930 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue C, East Houston Street or Pitt 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.