East 5th Street & Avenue B

East 5th Street and Avenue B meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New Amsterdam School is 80 feet away, and Earth School is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 18 of them gardens, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Avenue A/E 5 St · M14A SBS
Within a walk
46 places
18 gardens, 12 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 5th Street & Avenue B Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 2 Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue A/E 5 St, 770 feet away, for the M14A SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/E 5 St M14A SBS
    770 feet
    M14A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 88 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 4 St & Ave B 37 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
15 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 4,700 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.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Avenue B

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 5th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian Gothic, and built in 1886.

  1. Tompkins Square Lodging House Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 18 gardens
  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Amsterdam School
    80 feet
  2. Earth School
    110 feet
  3. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    110 feet
Show all 6
  1. Tompkins Square Middle School
    110 feet
  2. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    560 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    60 feet
  2. Creative Little Garden
    400 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Park
    540 feet
Show all 22
  1. 6BC Botanical Garden
    570 feet
  2. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    610 feet
  3. Miracle Garden
    620 feet
  4. Los Amigos Garden
    650 feet
  5. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    650 feet
  6. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    700 feet
  7. Sage's Garden
    730 feet
  8. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    800 feet
  9. Secret Garden
    880 feet
  10. Clyde Romero Memorial Garden
    950 feet
  11. Hope Garden
    980 feet
  12. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    1,030 feet
  13. Peach Tree Garden
    1,030 feet
  14. McKinley Playground
    1,180 feet
  15. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    1,180 feet
  16. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    1,180 feet
  17. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    1,200 feet
  18. La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez Garden
    1,230 feet
  19. Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Jardin Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Christodora House Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Charlie Parker Residence Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    980 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue B or East 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.