East 21st Street & Park Avenue South

East 21st Street and Park Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in Gramercy, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Gramercy Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Calvary St George Episcopal Church is 110 feet away, and Rebecca School is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 12 of them listed historic places, and 142 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Park Av South/E 21 St · M1, M2, M3
Within a walk
34 places
12 listed historic places, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Park Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    260 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
    1,040 feet
    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, 80 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
    80 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.

  • 160 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. E 20 St & Park Ave 45 docks in all
    290 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. 32 Gramercy Park South Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,270 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on Park Avenue South (both sides).

North side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

South side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 1AM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102582, 102919, 103025, 104229, 106443 and 106782.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 105 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1848 and 1903.

  1. Calvary Church Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Church Missions House / now Protestant Welfare Agencies Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Calvary House Designated landmark
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Rebecca School
    470 feet
  3. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    510 feet
Show all 12
  1. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. School of the Future High School
    780 feet
  3. Pacific College of Health & Science College
    840 feet
  4. American Hi-Tech Business School Trade or language school
    840 feet
  5. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    840 feet
  6. General Assembly Trade or language school
    840 feet
  7. Ballet Tech, NYC Public School for Dance School
    1,040 feet
  8. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    1,070 feet
  9. Baruch College Campus High School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Square Park
    1,060 feet
  2. Madison Square Park
    1,110 feet
  3. Evelyn's Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    650 feet
Show all 13
  1. Players, The Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Listed historic place
    690 feet
  3. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
  4. Century Building Listed historic place
    960 feet
  5. Germania Life Insurance Company Building Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  6. Scribner Building Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  7. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  8. Flatiron Building Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  9. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  10. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    360 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    480 feet
  3. Duane Reade 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 142 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 21st Street or Park Avenue South.

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.