East 12th Street & Avenue B

East 12th Street and Avenue B meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Down to Earth Garden is 40 feet away, and Vamos A Sembrar is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 11 of them gardens, and 66 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East 12th Street.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
E 14 St/Avenue B · M14D SBS
Within a walk
31 places
11 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    1,310 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 14 St/Avenue B, 560 feet away, for the M14D SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 14 St/Avenue B M14D SBS
    560 feet
    M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 97 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 11 St & Ave B 66 docks in all
    280 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
    1.7 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

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
12 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 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 142 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Avenue B

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Avenue B

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101704.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four 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. Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. East 11th Street Bath Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Public School 64 Designated landmark
    690 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 31 public places.

  • 11 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Workshop School
    300 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. East Side Community School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Down to Earth Garden
    40 feet
  2. Vamos A Sembrar Garden
    60 feet
  3. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    100 feet
Show all 16
  1. Community Garden Association Garden
    70 feet
  2. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    100 feet
  3. El Sol Brillante Jr. Garden
    230 feet
  4. Yu Suen Garden
    240 feet
  5. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    260 feet
  6. Campos Community Garden
    480 feet
  7. Dias Y Flores Garden
    510 feet
  8. Tompkins Square Park
    560 feet
  9. 11 BC Serenity Garden
    640 feet
  10. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  11. Lower East Side Playground
    1,140 feet
  12. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    1,290 feet
  13. East Side Outside Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tompkins Square Library Landmark
    640 feet
  2. Charlie Parker Residence Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Christodora House Listed historic place
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Museum
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. St Emerics Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Campos Plaza Community Center
    570 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    730 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue B 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 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.