East 2nd Street & Avenue B

East 2nd Street and Avenue B meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kenkeleba House is 150 feet away, and the Engine 28/Ladder 11 firehouse is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 51 public places, 16 of them gardens, and 99 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
East Houston St/Clinton St · M9, M21
Within a walk
51 places
16 gardens, 11 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Clinton St, 300 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Clinton St M9, M21
    300 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 2 St & Ave B 85 docks in all
    90 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
    1.9 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 118 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue B

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING FRI-SUN MIDNIGHT-6AM

West side of Avenue B

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM OTHER TIMES NO STANDING

North side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of East 2nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Anshe Slonim Synagogue Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. First Houses Designated landmark
    800 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
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 public places.

  • 16 gardens
  • 11 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Amsterdam School
    740 feet
  2. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    830 feet
Show all 12
  1. Earth School
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    880 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Middle School
    880 feet
  4. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  5. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    1,160 feet
  6. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  7. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,260 feet
  8. School for Global Leaders School
    1,260 feet
  9. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Miracle Garden
    210 feet
  2. Hope Garden
    210 feet
  3. Gustave Hartman Square
    790 feet
Show all 22
  1. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    220 feet
  2. Peach Tree Garden
    470 feet
  3. Los Amigos Garden
    570 feet
  4. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    600 feet
  5. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    640 feet
  6. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    740 feet
  7. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    740 feet
  8. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    770 feet
  9. ABC Playground
    790 feet
  10. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    840 feet
  11. Siempre Verde Garden
    900 feet
  12. Hamilton Fish Park
    970 feet
  13. Sage's Garden
    1,000 feet
  14. Nathan Straus Playground
    1,060 feet
  15. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    1,110 feet
  16. Secret Garden
    1,150 feet
  17. Creative Little Garden
    1,170 feet
  18. McKinley Playground
    1,180 feet
  19. Children's Magical Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    940 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    730 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center
    1,130 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    50 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 99 places to eat and 24 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 B or East 2nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.