East 23rd Street & East River Esplanade

East 23rd Street and East River Esplanade meet at a three-way junction in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 290 feet to 24 Street Ferry Landing. The nearest bus stop, Avenue C/E 23 St, is 200 feet away for the M9 and M23 SBS, and 20 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Avenue C/E 23 St · M9, M23 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & East River Esplanade Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue C/E 23 St, 200 feet away, for the M9 and M23 SBS.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue C/E 23 St M9, M23 SBS
    200 feet
    M9 M23 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M23 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East River Esplanade.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 23 St & FDR Dr 45 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 350 East 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1947.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical Roman, and built between 1904 and 1906.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. British International School of NY School
    820 feet
  2. U N International School
    880 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Cove Park
    under 10 feet
  2. Asser Levy Playground
    250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Waterside Plaza Public space
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public Baths Listed historic place
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Asser Levy Pool Swimming pool
    290 feet
  2. Asser Levy Recreation Center Landmark
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. 24 Street Ferry Landing
    290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 23rd Street or East River Esplanade.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.