East 16th Street & Nathan D Perlman Place

East 16th Street and Nathan D Perlman Place meet at a three-way junction in Gramercy, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Stuyvesant Square Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Stuyvesant Square is 20 feet away, and High School for Health Professions and Human Services is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
2 Av/E 17 St · M15
Within a walk
28 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 16th Street & Nathan D Perlman Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av L
    1,020 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
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

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 2 Av/E 17 St, 600 feet away, for the M15.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 17 St M15
    600 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 70 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 17 St & 2 Ave 47 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 February 2022.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 118 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 16th Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104122.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Stuyvesant Square Historic District.

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 61 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1851 and 1869.

  1. (former) Stuyvesant High School Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. St. John the Baptist House Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Friends' Meeting House Designated landmark
    640 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 hospitals
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    230 feet
  2. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    390 feet
  3. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    390 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. M226 School
    390 feet
  2. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    520 feet
  3. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  4. Friends Seminary School · landmark
    1,110 feet
  5. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    20 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Peter's Field
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    710 feet
  2. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    1,220 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. East End Temple House of worship
    510 feet
  3. Town & Village Synagogue Landmark
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church Landmark
    820 feet
  2. St George Episc Church Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Immaculate Conception Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    610 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    870 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 16th Street or Nathan D Perlman 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, 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.