East 2nd Street & Avenue A

East 2nd Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's First Houses development. The corner is also named Mary Spink Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hope Garden is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, eight of them gardens, and 177 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue A/East Houston St · L92, M14A SBS
Within a walk
30 places
8 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 2nd Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    1,130 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue A/East Houston St, 190 feet away, for the L92 and M14A SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/East Houston St L92, M14A SBS
    190 feet
    L92 M14A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Avenue A carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue A.

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 2 St & Ave A 68 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    960 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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
10009
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Mary Spink Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

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

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's First Houses development.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue A

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Avenue A

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 6AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of East 2nd Street

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102730.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 13 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Deco. They were mostly built between 1935 and 1936.

  1. First Houses Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. Anshe Slonim Synagogue Designated landmark
    660 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in ABC Playground.

  1. Large Coqui Sculpture by Tom Otterness, 2007
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood School
    720 feet
  2. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    720 feet
  3. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    1,000 feet
  2. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ABC Playground
    390 feet
  2. McKinley Playground
    450 feet
  3. Hope Garden
    580 feet
Show all 13
  1. Miracle Garden
    720 feet
  2. Peretz Square
    730 feet
  3. Children's Magical Garden
    920 feet
  4. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    960 feet
  5. First Park
    1,030 feet
  6. First Park Playground
    1,100 feet
  7. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    1,110 feet
  8. Peach Tree Garden
    1,210 feet
  9. First Street Garden
    1,240 feet
  10. Los Amigos Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    780 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    710 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 177 places to eat and 23 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 Avenue A or East 2nd Street.

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