East 15th Street & Rutherford Place

East 15th Street and Rutherford Place meet at a four-way crossing in Gramercy, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Stuyvesant Square Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Friends' Meeting House stands 150 feet away, and Friends Seminary is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 11 of them schools, and 94 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
2 Av/E 14 St · M15
Within a walk
35 places
11 schools, 9 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 15th Street & Rutherford Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    760 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 1 Av L
    1,260 feet
    L
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 14 St, 510 feet away, for the M15.

  • 39 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 14 St M15
    510 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 15th Street.

  • 75 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 15 St & 3 Ave 78 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

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

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,320 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Rutherford Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rutherford Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Stuyvesant Square Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 68 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1869.

  1. Friends' Meeting House Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. The St. George Memorial House Designated landmark
    470 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Stuyvesant Square.

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1941
    350 feet
  2. Antonin Dvorak Statue by Ivan Mestrovic, 1997
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 hospitals
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Friends Seminary School · landmark
    330 feet
  2. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    380 feet
  3. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    540 feet
Show all 15
  1. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    630 feet
  2. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    900 feet
  3. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    900 feet
  4. P.S. M226 School
    900 feet
  5. Beginnings Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  6. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  7. Academy for Software Engineering School
    1,170 feet
  8. Gramercy Arts High School
    1,170 feet
  9. International High School at Union Square School
    1,170 feet
  10. Success Academy Charter School - Union Square School
    1,170 feet
  11. The High School for Language and Diplomacy School
    1,170 feet
  12. Union Square Academy for Health Sciences School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    40 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    990 feet

Health care

  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    730 feet
  2. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. St George Episc Church Landmark · listed historic place
    350 feet
  3. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church Landmark
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. East End Temple House of worship
    600 feet
  2. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    890 feet
  3. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    920 feet
  4. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    850 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    950 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    730 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 94 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 15th Street or Rutherford Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.