East 16th Street & Rutherford Place

East 16th Street and Rutherford Place meet at a four-way crossing in Gramercy, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Stuyvesant Square Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Stuyvesant Square is 20 feet away, and St George Episc Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 11 of them schools, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
3 Av/E 17 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
36 places
11 schools, 9 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 16th Street & Rutherford Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    1,030 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
    0.3 miles
    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 3 Av/E 17 St, 550 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 39 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 17 St M101, M102, M103
    550 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 16th Street.

  • 82 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
    460 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2018.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 172 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 16th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Rutherford Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rutherford Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101792.

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 69 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
    200 feet
  2. The St. George Memorial House Designated landmark
    310 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
    130 feet
  2. Antonin Dvorak Statue by Ivan Mestrovic, 1997
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Friends Seminary School · landmark
    150 feet
  2. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    360 feet
  3. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    650 feet
Show all 15
  1. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    810 feet
  2. Beginnings Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Academy for Software Engineering School
    900 feet
  4. Gramercy Arts High School
    900 feet
  5. International High School at Union Square School
    900 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter School - Union Square School
    900 feet
  7. The High School for Language and Diplomacy School
    900 feet
  8. Union Square Academy for Health Sciences School
    900 feet
  9. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  10. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    1,170 feet
  11. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    1,170 feet
  12. P.S. M226 School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    20 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Peter's Field
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    720 feet
  2. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    1,210 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St George Episc Church Landmark · listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church Landmark
    150 feet
  3. East End Temple House of worship
    340 feet
Show all 7
  1. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    800 feet
  3. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    930 feet
  4. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    1,120 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,320 feet
  3. Walgreens 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 75 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 16th 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.