East 4th Street & Avenue B

East 4th Street and Avenue B meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 53 public places, 21 of them gardens, and 94 places to eat. About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
East 4th 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 nine minutes on foot.

  1. 2 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Clinton St, 820 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 4th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 4 St & Ave B 37 docks in all
    50 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, 0.6 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
18 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 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and June 2026; 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 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FRI-SUN MIDNIGHT-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Avenue B

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM OTHER TIMES NO STANDING

North side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 4th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 public places.

  • 21 gardens
  • 14 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Amsterdam School
    210 feet
  2. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    310 feet
  3. Earth School
    360 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    360 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Middle School
    360 feet
  3. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  4. P.S. 015 Roberto Clemente School
    1,230 feet
  5. Neighborhood School
    1,230 feet
  6. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    1,230 feet
  7. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    310 feet
  2. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    360 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Park
    790 feet
Show all 25
  1. Miracle Garden
    370 feet
  2. Los Amigos Garden
    390 feet
  3. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    450 feet
  4. Sage's Garden
    480 feet
  5. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    540 feet
  6. Secret Garden
    630 feet
  7. Creative Little Garden
    650 feet
  8. Hope Garden
    730 feet
  9. Peach Tree Garden
    780 feet
  10. 6BC Botanical Garden
    820 feet
  11. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    900 feet
  12. McKinley Playground
    930 feet
  13. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    930 feet
  14. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    930 feet
  15. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    940 feet
  16. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    1,070 feet
  17. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    1,120 feet
  18. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    1,160 feet
  19. Clyde Romero Memorial Garden
    1,200 feet
  20. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    1,270 feet
  21. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    1,280 feet
  22. Orchard Alley Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Houses Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Western Orthodox Hispanic Church St Isidoro & St Leandro House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    820 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    520 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 94 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue B or East 4th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.