East 21st Street & Gramercy Park North at Gramercy Park West

East 21st Street, Gramercy Park North and Gramercy Park West meet at a six-way junction in Gramercy, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Gramercy Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Calvary House stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 124 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Park Av South/E 21 St · M1, M2, M3
Within a walk
28 places
9 listed historic places, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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East 21st Street & Gramercy Park North at Gramercy Park West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    530 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. 28 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Long Division” (1988) by Valerie Jaudon at the 23 St-Baruch College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av South/E 21 St, 290 feet away, for the M1, M2 and M3.

  • 50 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av South/E 21 St M1, M2, M3
    290 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 21st Street and Gramercy Park North.

  • 131 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gramercy Park N & Gramercy Park E 47 docks in all
    430 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 32 Gramercy Park South Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 21st Street (north side) and Gramercy Park North (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on East 21st Street (north side) and Gramercy Park North (north side).

South side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Gramercy Park West

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Gramercy Park West

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101168, 102532, 102919, 104228, 104229 and 105972.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Gramercy Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 115 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were built between 1837 and 1938.

  1. Calvary House Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Russell Sage Foundation Building and Annex Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. St. Elizabeth Industrial School Designated landmark
    190 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. School of the Future High School
    600 feet
  3. Rebecca School
    740 feet
Show all 10
  1. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    790 feet
  3. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    790 feet
  4. American Hi-Tech Business School Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  5. Pacific College of Health & Science College
    1,120 feet
  6. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  7. General Assembly Trade or language school
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Players, The Listed historic place
    380 feet
  3. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Church Missions House Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    860 feet
  4. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Listed historic place
    960 feet
  5. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    980 feet
  6. Century Building Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  7. Germania Life Insurance Company Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary St George Episcopal Church Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    640 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    750 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 124 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 21st Street, Gramercy Park North or Gramercy Park West.

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