East 4th Street & Avenue A

East 4th Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. McKinley Playground is 190 feet away, and St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, nine of them gardens, and 140 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Avenue A/E 5 St · L92
Within a walk
33 places
9 gardens, 9 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 4th 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 six minutes on foot.

  • 5 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
  2. 1 Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue A/E 5 St, 140 feet away, for the L92.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/E 5 St L92
    140 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 4th Street.

  • 82 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 5 St & Ave A 48 docks in all
    280 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
    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 13 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
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
24 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue A

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Avenue A

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

North side of East 4th Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104979.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1936.

  1. First Houses Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Congregation of Edes Israel Anshei Mesrich Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Tompkins Square Park.

  1. Samuel Sullivan Cox Statue by Louise Lawson, 1891
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 9 gardens
  • 9 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    490 feet
  2. Neighborhood School
    500 feet
  3. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    500 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. New Amsterdam School
    950 feet
  3. Manhattan School for Career Development School
    1,010 feet
  4. Earth School
    1,090 feet
  5. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    1,090 feet
  6. Tompkins Square Middle School
    1,090 feet
  7. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Playground
    190 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park
    790 feet
  3. Creative Little Garden
    850 feet
Show all 14
  1. Miracle Garden
    860 feet
  2. ABC Playground
    910 feet
  3. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    920 feet
  4. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,060 feet
  5. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    1,090 feet
  6. Hope Garden
    1,100 feet
  7. Los Amigos Garden
    1,130 feet
  8. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    1,180 feet
  9. Sage's Garden
    1,210 feet
  10. Peretz Square
    1,250 feet
  11. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 103 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet
  2. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 140 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue A or East 4th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.