East 12th Street & Avenue A

East 12th Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Fr. Mancini Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lower East Side Playground is 400 feet away, and El Sol Brillante Jr. is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, ten of them gardens, and 140 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
570 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Avenue A/E 11 St · L92, M14A SBS
Within a walk
34 places
10 gardens, 9 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 12th Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    570 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av L
    0.5 miles
    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, 180 feet away, for the L92 and M14A SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue A and East 12th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ave A & E 11 St 69 docks in all
    240 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
    0.7 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

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

This corner is also named Fr. Mancini Corner, a co-naming enacted on February 3, 1989 (Local Law 7 of 1989).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,700 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 124 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Fr. Mancini Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue A

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Avenue A

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

North side of East 12th Street

  • No stopping 12 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 3 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101045, 101704 and 106572.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 33 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1875.

  1. East 11th Street Bath Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Grace Chapel Clergy Houses Designated landmark
    670 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Tompkins Square Park.

  1. Slocum Disaster Memorial Stele by Bruno Louis Zimm, 1906
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 gardens
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side Community School
    430 feet
  2. The East Village Community School
    900 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at East Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Children's Workshop School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lower East Side Playground
    400 feet
  2. Dias Y Flores Garden
    500 feet
  3. El Sol Brillante Jr. Garden
    560 feet
Show all 15
  1. Tompkins Square Park
    560 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    570 feet
  3. 11th Street Community Garden
    630 feet
  4. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    670 feet
  5. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    690 feet
  6. Down to Earth Garden
    730 feet
  7. Vamos A Sembrar Garden
    760 feet
  8. Community Garden Association Garden
    770 feet
  9. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    840 feet
  10. Yu Suen Garden
    970 feet
  11. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    1,000 feet
  12. Campos Community Garden
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Library Landmark
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church Landmark
    590 feet
  2. Immaculate Conception Church Landmark
    970 feet
  3. Citylight Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet
  2. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    1,070 feet
  3. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Campos Plaza Community Center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 140 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue A or East 12th 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, NYC Records, 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.