East 6th Street & Avenue A

East 6th Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Citylight Church is 390 feet away, and Neighborhood School is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 188 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Avenue A/E 5 St · L92, M14A SBS
Within a walk
29 places
10 religious buildings, 8 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 6th Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 2 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Queens of the Night; Superhero Responds” (2021) by Katherine Bradford at the 1 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue A/E 5 St, 170 feet away, for the L92 and M14A SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/E 5 St L92, M14A SBS · Shelter
    170 feet
    L92 M14A SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue A.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 5 St & Ave A 48 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
    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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 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 4,800 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 63 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
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 6AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of East 6th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 6th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103439 and 107346.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 56 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1853 and 1894.

  1. Congregation of Edes Israel Anshei Mesrich Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. First Houses Designated landmark
    810 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Tompkins Square Park.

  1. Samuel Sullivan Cox Statue by Louise Lawson, 1891
    290 feet
  2. Temperance Fountain Fountain by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1891
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. George Jackson Academy School
    850 feet
  3. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    990 feet
Show all 10
  1. Neighborhood School
    1,000 feet
  2. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    1,000 feet
  3. New Amsterdam School
    1,030 feet
  4. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  5. Earth School
    1,080 feet
  6. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    1,080 feet
  7. Tompkins Square Middle School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    290 feet
  2. Creative Little Garden
    520 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. McKinley Playground
    700 feet
  2. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    740 feet
  3. 6BC Botanical Garden
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Citylight Church Landmark
    390 feet
  2. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church Landmark
    510 feet
  3. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 103 East 7th Street Older adult center
    740 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. 9th Precinct Police station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 188 places to eat and 17 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 6th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.