East 16th Street & Union Square East

East 16th Street and Union Square East meet at a three-way junction in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Barry Benepe Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Evelyn's Playground is 70 feet away, and the statue “Abraham Lincoln” is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St-Union Sq, is about a minute on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and five more. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places and 131 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St-Union Sq
320 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Union Sq East/E 15 St · M1, M2, M3
Within a walk
27 places
9 listed historic places, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 16th Street & Union Square East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St-Union Sq, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 8 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    320 feet
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. N …
  5. Q …
  6. R …
  7. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. N …
  5. Q …
  6. R …
  7. W …
West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 3 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Framing Union Square” (1998) by Mary Miss at the 14 St-Union Sq station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Sq East/E 15 St, 200 feet away, for the M1, M2 and M3.

  • 42 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Sq East/E 15 St M1, M2, M3
    200 feet
    M1 M2 M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 16th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 16 St & Irving Pl 79 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Barry Benepe Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 107 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Barry Benepe Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Union Square East

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 4:30AM-6AM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101299, 106052 and 107384.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 11 Individual Landmarks, and 69 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1847 and 1899.

  1. Tammany Hall Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Union Square Savings Bank Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Century Association Building Designated landmark
    330 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Union Square Park.

  1. Marquis de Lafayette Statue by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1876
    180 feet
  2. Abraham Lincoln Statue by Henry Kirke Brown, 1870
    200 feet
  3. Union Square Drinking Fountain Fountain by Karl Adolf Donndorf, 1881
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 7 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 fire stations
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beginnings Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Academy for Software Engineering School
    720 feet
  3. Gramercy Arts High School
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. International High School at Union Square School
    720 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Union Square School
    720 feet
  3. The High School for Language and Diplomacy School
    720 feet
  4. Union Square Academy for Health Sciences School
    720 feet
  5. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  6. Ballet Tech, NYC Public School for Dance School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Square Park
    40 feet
  2. Evelyn's Playground
    70 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Union Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Union Square Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Germania Life Insurance Company Building Listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. 14th Street - Union Square Subway Station (IRT, BMT) Listed historic place
    510 feet
Show all 10
  1. Century Building Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Decker Building Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Lincoln Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  4. Bank of the Metropolis Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  5. 821 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  6. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  7. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    980 feet
  3. Village Temple House of worship
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 14 Fire station
    1,150 feet
  2. Battalion 6/Ladder 3 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 131 places to eat and ten 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 16th Street or Union Square East.

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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.