Bowery & East 1st Street

Bowery and East 1st Street meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Noho East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. White House Hotel stands 480 feet away, and Houston St Playground is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about two minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 129 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
650 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Bowery/Bleecker St · M103
Within a walk
37 places
10 listed historic places, 8 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bowery & East 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    650 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    760 feet
    6 B D F M
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Bleecker St, 160 feet away, for the M103.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Bleecker St M103
    160 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 96 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 1 St & Bowery 44 docks in all
    60 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on Bowery (west side).

East side of Bowery

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106227.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Noho East Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 145 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1835 and 1896.

  1. Church of Our Lady of Loretto School and Rectory Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Bond Street Savings Bank Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. White House Hotel Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 museums
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    650 feet
  2. Nord Anglia International School
    1,010 feet
  3. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liz Christy Garden
    250 feet
  2. Albert's Garden
    520 feet
  3. First Park
    630 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    810 feet
  2. First Street Garden
    830 feet
  3. Houston St Playground
    1,000 feet
  4. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,060 feet
  5. First Park Playground
    1,140 feet
  6. Peretz Square
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 12
  1. New Museum
    1,020 feet
  2. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  4. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  5. Merchant's House Museum
    1,140 feet
  6. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  7. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  8. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  9. Puck Building Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center · landmark
    610 feet
  2. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church House of worship
    860 feet
  2. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    500 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 33/Ladder 9 Fire station · listed historic place
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    410 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 129 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowery or East 1st 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.