East 13th Street & Avenue A

East 13th Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dias Y Flores is 310 feet away, and East 11th Street Bath stands 810 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them gardens, and 112 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
310 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Avenue A/E 14 St · L92
Within a walk
36 places
9 gardens, 9 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 13th Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. 1 Av L
    310 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
    0.4 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 14 St, 120 feet away, for the L92.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/E 14 St L92
    120 feet
    L92

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue A and East 13th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 13 St & Ave A 90 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 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
16 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 4,000 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 124 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2025, 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 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Avenue A

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 13th Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 13th Street

  • No stopping 13 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1845 and 1873.

  1. Grace Chapel Clergy Houses Designated landmark
    520 feet
  2. Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel Designated landmark
    750 feet
  3. East 11th Street Bath Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 gardens
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dias Y Flores Garden
    310 feet
  2. El Sol Brillante Jr. Garden
    640 feet
  3. Lower East Side Playground
    670 feet
Show all 14
  1. Yu Suen Garden
    780 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park
    830 feet
  3. East Side Outside Community Garden
    830 feet
  4. 11th Street Community Garden
    890 feet
  5. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    940 feet
  6. Community Garden Association Garden
    940 feet
  7. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    950 feet
  8. Vamos A Sembrar Garden
    960 feet
  9. Down to Earth Garden
    1,000 feet
  10. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,110 feet
  11. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Library
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception Church Landmark
    730 feet
  2. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    970 feet
  2. Campos Plaza Community Center
    1,040 feet
  3. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    1,170 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    720 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 112 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue A or East 13th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.