East 10th Street & Avenue A

East 10th Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the East 10th Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church is 120 feet away, and Tompkins Square Library is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, nine of them gardens, and 180 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 10 St/Avenue A · M8
Within a walk
31 places
9 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 10th Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    1,090 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Queens of the Night; Superhero Responds” (2021) by Katherine Bradford at the 1 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 10 St/Avenue A, 50 feet away, for the M8.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 10 St/Avenue A M8
    50 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue A and East 10th Street.

  • 120 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ave A & E 11 St 69 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
18 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 4,400 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 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 57 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue A

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 4 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Avenue A

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

North side of East 10th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102571 and 106149.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the East 10th Street Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 42 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1847 and 1884.

  1. East 11th Street Bath Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel Designated landmark
    690 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Tompkins Square Park.

  1. Slocum Disaster Memorial Stele by Bruno Louis Zimm, 1906
    410 feet
  2. Temperance Fountain Fountain by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1891
    430 feet
  3. Samuel Sullivan Cox Statue by Louise Lawson, 1891
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 9 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side Community School
    670 feet
  2. George Jackson Academy School
    990 feet
  3. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. The East Village Community School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    330 feet
  3. 11th Street Community Garden
    400 feet
Show all 14
  1. Lower East Side Playground
    660 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    760 feet
  3. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    840 feet
  4. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    1,000 feet
  5. Dias Y Flores Garden
    1,010 feet
  6. El Sol Brillante Jr. Garden
    1,080 feet
  7. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    1,090 feet
  8. Down to Earth Garden
    1,230 feet
  9. 11 BC Serenity Garden
    1,230 feet
  10. Vamos A Sembrar Garden
    1,270 feet
  11. Community Garden Association Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tompkins Square Library Landmark
    610 feet
  2. Charlie Parker Residence Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Christodora House Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church Landmark
    120 feet
  2. Citylight Church Landmark
    750 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church Landmark
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    500 feet
  2. Older adult center at 103 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 180 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue A or East 10th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.