East 12th Street & Szold Place

East 12th Street and Szold Place meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 034 Franklin D. Roosevelt is 170 feet away, and Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them gardens, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Avenue C/E 12 St · M9, M14D SBS
Within a walk
22 places
9 gardens, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 12th Street & Szold Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine 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 Avenue C/E 12 St, 480 feet away, for the M9 and M14D SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue C/E 12 St M9, M14D SBS · Shelter
    480 feet
    M9 M14D SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 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
    480 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
    2 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 1950 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

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

East side of Szold Place

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

West side of Szold Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dry Dock Playground
    270 feet
  2. Campos Community Garden
    650 feet
  3. 9th St Community Garden Park
    890 feet
Show all 14
  1. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
    950 feet
  2. 11 BC Serenity Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    1,200 feet
  4. Down to Earth Garden
    1,200 feet
  5. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    1,200 feet
  6. La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez Garden
    1,210 feet
  7. Vamos A Sembrar Garden
    1,220 feet
  8. Community Garden Association Garden
    1,230 feet
  9. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    1,260 feet
  10. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    1,260 feet
  11. Flower Door Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Museum
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Emerics Church House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Spanish Evangelical Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dry Dock Pool Swimming pool
    500 feet
  2. Community center at Riis Community center
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 12th Street or Szold Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.