East 3rd Street & Avenue B

East 3rd Street and Avenue B meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kenkeleba Memory Garden is 100 feet away, and Miracle Garden is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 54 public places, 19 of them gardens, and 99 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
East Houston St/Clinton St · M9, M21
Within a walk
54 places
19 gardens, 14 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Clinton St, 570 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 3rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 4 St & Ave B 37 docks in all
    300 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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
20 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 5,200 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 120 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 14 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 3 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 3rd Street

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

South side of East 3rd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco. They were built between 1935 and 1936.

  1. First Houses Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 public places.

  • 19 gardens
  • 14 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Amsterdam School
    470 feet
  2. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    560 feet
  3. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
Show all 10
  1. Earth School
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    610 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Middle School
    610 feet
  4. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  5. Neighborhood School
    1,190 feet
  6. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    1,190 feet
  7. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    100 feet
  2. Miracle Garden
    110 feet
  3. McKinley Playground
    920 feet
Show all 26
  1. Los Amigos Garden
    300 feet
  2. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    470 feet
  3. Hope Garden
    480 feet
  4. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    500 feet
  5. Peach Tree Garden
    530 feet
  6. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    560 feet
  7. Sage's Garden
    730 feet
  8. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    870 feet
  9. Secret Garden
    880 feet
  10. Creative Little Garden
    900 feet
  11. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    910 feet
  12. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    1,010 feet
  13. Tompkins Square Park
    1,040 feet
  14. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    1,040 feet
  15. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    1,060 feet
  16. Gustave Hartman Square
    1,060 feet
  17. ABC Playground
    1,070 feet
  18. 6BC Botanical Garden
    1,070 feet
  19. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,150 feet
  20. Siempre Verde Garden
    1,170 feet
  21. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    1,180 feet
  22. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    1,180 feet
  23. Hamilton Fish Park
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    600 feet
  3. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    520 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    960 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 99 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue B 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.