East 11th Street & Avenue A

East 11th Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tompkins Square Park is 300 feet away, and East Side Community School is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, ten of them gardens, and 170 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
840 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue A/E 11 St · L92, M14A SBS
Within a walk
36 places
10 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 11th Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    840 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 Avenue A/E 11 St, 110 feet away, for the L92 and M14A SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/E 11 St L92, M14A SBS
    110 feet
    L92 M14A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue A.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.6 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
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 5,000 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 101 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Avenue A

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 11th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 11th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101407 and 106098.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 32 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1860.

  1. East 11th Street Bath Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel Designated landmark
    610 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Slocum Disaster Memorial Stele by Bruno Louis Zimm, 1906
    570 feet
  2. Temperance Fountain Fountain by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1891
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 10 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side Community School
    420 feet
  2. The East Village Community School
    980 feet
  3. George Jackson Academy School
    1,240 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bright Horizons at East Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  2. The Children's Workshop School
    1,300 feet
  3. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    300 feet
  2. 11th Street Community Garden
    360 feet
  3. Lower East Side Playground
    410 feet
Show all 15
  1. East Side Outside Community Garden
    510 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    580 feet
  3. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    590 feet
  4. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    750 feet
  5. Dias Y Flores Garden
    760 feet
  6. El Sol Brillante Jr. Garden
    830 feet
  7. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    840 feet
  8. Down to Earth Garden
    980 feet
  9. Vamos A Sembrar Garden
    1,020 feet
  10. Community Garden Association Garden
    1,040 feet
  11. 11 BC Serenity Garden
    1,110 feet
  12. Yu Suen Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tompkins Square Library Landmark
    710 feet
  2. Charlie Parker Residence Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Christodora House Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church Landmark
    320 feet
  2. Citylight Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Immaculate Conception Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 170 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue A or East 11th 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.