East 10th Street & Avenue C

East 10th Street and Avenue C meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden is 70 feet away, and Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 15 of them gardens, and 45 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
12 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
E 10 St/Avenue C · M8
Within a walk
41 places
15 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    0.5 miles
    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 C, 100 feet away, for the M8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 10 St/Avenue C M8
    100 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue C and East 10th Street.

  • 116 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 9 St & Ave C 50 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 2 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2024
  • Turn calming, July 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 131 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Avenue C

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 10th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 10th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1914.

  1. Public School 64 Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. Wheatsworth Bakery Building Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 15 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 034 Franklin D. Roosevelt School
    960 feet
  2. The Children's Workshop School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
    70 feet
  2. 9th St Community Garden Park
    70 feet
  3. La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez Garden
    290 feet
Show all 20
  1. Flower Door Garden
    370 feet
  2. Dry Dock Playground
    450 feet
  3. 11 BC Serenity Garden
    500 feet
  4. La Casita Garden
    530 feet
  5. Earth People Garden
    550 feet
  6. Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Jardin Garden
    590 feet
  7. Campos Community Garden
    640 feet
  8. Firemen's Memorial Garden
    740 feet
  9. Sam & Sadie Koenig Garden
    760 feet
  10. Tompkins Square Park
    790 feet
  11. Green Oasis Community Garden / Gilbert's Garden
    820 feet
  12. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    930 feet
  13. Clyde Romero Memorial Garden
    940 feet
  14. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    950 feet
  15. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    1,180 feet
  16. Down to Earth Garden
    1,250 feet
  17. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Museum
    120 feet
  2. Charlie Parker Residence Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Christodora House Listed historic place
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tompkins Square Library
    1,020 feet
  2. Eleventh Street Methodist-Episcopal Chapel Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Missionary Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Spanish Evangelical Baptist Church House of worship
    880 feet
  3. St Emerics Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dry Dock Pool Swimming pool
    570 feet
  2. Community center at Riis Community center
    940 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #4 Police station
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue C or East 10th 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.