East 3rd Street & Avenue A

East 3rd Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's First Houses development. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. First Houses stands 80 feet away, and P.S. 020 Anna Silver is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, ten of them gardens, and 154 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Avenue A/E 5 St · L92
Within a walk
34 places
10 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 3rd Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five 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 Avenue A/E 5 St, 390 feet away, for the L92.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/E 5 St L92
    390 feet
    L92

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue A and East 3rd Street.

  • 82 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
    290 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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
25 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 5,700 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue A

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Avenue A

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 6AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of East 3rd Street

  • Loading only 3 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102730.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 14 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
    80 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
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood School
    450 feet
  2. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    450 feet
  3. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    1,030 feet
  3. New Amsterdam School
    1,200 feet
  4. Manhattan School for Career Development School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Playground
    180 feet
  2. Miracle Garden
    610 feet
  3. ABC Playground
    660 feet
Show all 16
  1. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    840 feet
  2. Hope Garden
    850 feet
  3. Peretz Square
    1,000 feet
  4. Los Amigos Garden
    1,030 feet
  5. Tompkins Square Park
    1,050 feet
  6. Creative Little Garden
    1,100 feet
  7. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    1,170 feet
  8. Children's Magical Garden
    1,190 feet
  9. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    1,210 feet
  10. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    1,230 feet
  11. Peach Tree Garden
    1,260 feet
  12. First Park
    1,300 feet
  13. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Citylight Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    1,050 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Post Office
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    970 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 154 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue A or East 3rd 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, 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.