East 7th Street & Avenue A

East 7th Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Samuel Sullivan Cox” is 80 feet away, and the 11th Street Community Garden is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 177 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Saint Marks Pl/Avenue A · M8
Within a walk
30 places
11 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 7th Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av L
    0.3 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
    0.5 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 Saint Marks Pl/Avenue A, 310 feet away, for the M8.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Marks Pl/Avenue A M8
    310 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue A.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 7 St & Ave A 45 docks in all
    100 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
    1.6 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
19 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 61 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and July 2026; 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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 4 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Avenue A

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

North side of East 7th Street

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103284 and 106149.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 59 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1853 and 1891.

  1. Congregation of Edes Israel Anshei Mesrich Designated landmark
    490 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Samuel Sullivan Cox Statue by Louise Lawson, 1891
    80 feet
  2. Temperance Fountain Fountain by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1891
    430 feet
  3. Slocum Disaster Memorial Stele by Bruno Louis Zimm, 1906
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. George Jackson Academy School
    610 feet
  2. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    1,240 feet
  2. Neighborhood School
    1,240 feet
  3. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    1,240 feet
  4. New Amsterdam School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    310 feet
  3. Creative Little Garden
    760 feet
Show all 9
  1. McKinley Playground
    940 feet
  2. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    980 feet
  3. 11th Street Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  4. Clyde Romero Memorial Garden
    1,190 feet
  5. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    1,270 feet
  6. 6BC Botanical Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Houses Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Citylight Church Landmark
    260 feet
  2. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church Landmark
    420 feet
  3. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church Landmark
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    940 feet
  2. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  4. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 177 places to eat and 18 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 7th 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.