East 12th Street & Avenue D

East 12th Street and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Riis development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dry Dock Pool is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 10 St/Avenue D, is 570 feet away for the M8 and M14D SBS, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them gardens, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
E 10 St/Avenue D · M8, M14D SBS
Within a walk
15 places
3 gardens, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 10 St/Avenue D, 570 feet away, for the M8 and M14D SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 10 St/Avenue D M8, M14D SBS
    570 feet
    M8 M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …
  2. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ave D & E 12 St 41 docks in all
    140 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
    2.1 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
9 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 1,800 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 in 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Riis development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Avenue D

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

North side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, and built between 1927 and 1928.

  1. Wheatsworth Bakery Building Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 034 Franklin D. Roosevelt School
    300 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. The Children's Workshop School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dry Dock Playground
    280 feet
  2. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    870 feet
  3. Campos Community Garden
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. 9th St Community Garden Park
    1,220 feet
  2. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
    1,290 feet
  3. East River Playground
    1,300 feet
  4. Green Oasis Community Garden / Gilbert's Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Emerics Church House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Spanish Evangelical Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Riis Community center
    480 feet
  2. Dry Dock Pool Swimming pool
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue D or East 12th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.