East 14th Street & Avenue C

East 14th Street and Avenue C meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,214 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Murphy Brothers Playground is 840 feet away, and Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them gardens, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Avenue C/E 14 St · M9
Within a walk
19 places
7 gardens, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 14th Street & Avenue C Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    0.3 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 14 St, 30 feet away, for the M9.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue C/E 14 St M9
    30 feet
    M9

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

East 14th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue C.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 12 St & Ave C 41 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1,030 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,214 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 662nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 845 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on East 14th Street1,148790
Southbound on Avenue C6655
Total1,214845

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10009
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2 and 4 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
9 and 13 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 2,100 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 1966 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 61 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 14th Street (south side).

East side of Avenue C

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Avenue C

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 14th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101690.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at East Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  2. The Children's Workshop School
    1,120 feet
  3. P.S. 034 Franklin D. Roosevelt School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stuyvesant Town Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Campos Community Garden
    810 feet
  2. Murphy Brothers Playground
    840 feet
  3. Yu Suen Garden
    1,070 feet
Show all 11
  1. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  2. 9th St Community Garden Park
    1,140 feet
  3. 11 BC Serenity Garden
    1,210 feet
  4. Community Garden Association Garden
    1,240 feet
  5. Dry Dock Playground
    1,250 feet
  6. Stuyvesant Cove Park
    1,250 feet
  7. Vamos A Sembrar Garden
    1,260 feet
  8. El Sol Brillante Jr. Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Museum
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Emerics Church House of worship
    770 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue C or East 14th Street.

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