Avenue D & East 5th Street

Avenue D and East 5th Street meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Wald development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Western Orthodox Hispanic Church St Isidoro & St Leandro is 300 feet away, and Hamilton Fish Park Library is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 5 St, is 110 feet away for the M14D SBS. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 11 of them gardens, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue D/E 5 St · M14D SBS
Within a walk
34 places
11 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 5 St, 110 feet away, for the M14D SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 5 St M14D SBS · Shelter
    110 feet
    M14D SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Avenue D carries a bus lane, 6am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 6 St & Ave D 45 docks in all
    360 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
12 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 4,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1948 and 1988.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Wald development.

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

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
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Avenue D

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 6AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival, and built in 1908.

  1. Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshe Ungarin Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 11 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 015 Roberto Clemente School
    610 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 188 the Island School
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math High School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Orchard Alley Garden
    400 feet
  2. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    450 feet
  3. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    450 feet
Show all 17
  1. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    730 feet
  2. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    850 feet
  3. Wald Playground
    960 feet
  4. Secret Garden
    990 feet
  5. Green Oasis Community Garden / Gilbert's Garden
    1,040 feet
  6. Sage's Garden
    1,140 feet
  7. Hamilton Fish Park
    1,140 feet
  8. Fifth Street Slope Garden
    1,150 feet
  9. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    1,180 feet
  10. Sam & Sadie Koenig Garden
    1,200 feet
  11. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    1,210 feet
  12. 6BC Botanical Garden
    1,220 feet
  13. Firemen's Memorial Garden
    1,230 feet
  14. Dry Dock Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Fish Park Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Western Orthodox Hispanic Church St Isidoro & St Leandro House of worship
    300 feet
  2. Emmanuel Presbyterian Church House of worship
    560 feet
  3. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Spanish Evangelical Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. Christian Missionary Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riis II Community Center
    500 feet
  2. Older adult center at 12 Avenue D Older adult center
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.