East 7th Street & Avenue B

East 7th Street and Avenue B meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Brigid Church St Emeric is 200 feet away, and Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 52 public places, 23 of them gardens, and 120 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
E 10 St/Avenue B · M8
Within a walk
52 places
23 gardens, 11 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

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 E 10 St/Avenue B, 840 feet away, for the M8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 10 St/Avenue B M8
    840 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 7 St & Ave B 69 docks in all
    40 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
    1.7 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
14 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 3,700 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 1929.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 127 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue B

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Avenue B

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 7th Street

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were built between 1849 and 1923.

  1. Tompkins Square Lodging House Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Public School 64 Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    800 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Temperance Fountain Fountain by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1891
    640 feet
  2. Samuel Sullivan Cox Statue by Louise Lawson, 1891
    670 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 52 public places.

  • 23 gardens
  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Amsterdam School
    580 feet
  2. Earth School
    590 feet
  3. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. Tompkins Square Middle School
    590 feet
  2. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    40 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    150 feet
  3. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    280 feet
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  1. Clyde Romero Memorial Garden
    450 feet
  2. Creative Little Garden
    520 feet
  3. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    530 feet
  4. 6BC Botanical Garden
    560 feet
  5. La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez Garden
    740 feet
  6. Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Jardin Garden
    740 feet
  7. Sam & Sadie Koenig Garden
    820 feet
  8. Earth People Garden
    840 feet
  9. La Casita Garden
    910 feet
  10. Firemen's Memorial Garden
    940 feet
  11. Flower Door Garden
    1,070 feet
  12. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    1,100 feet
  13. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    1,110 feet
  14. Miracle Garden
    1,120 feet
  15. Los Amigos Garden
    1,140 feet
  16. Green Oasis Community Garden / Gilbert's Garden
    1,160 feet
  17. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    1,180 feet
  18. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    1,190 feet
  19. Sage's Garden
    1,230 feet
  20. 11 BC Serenity Garden
    1,240 feet
  21. Down to Earth Garden
    1,250 feet
  22. 9th St Community Garden Park
    1,290 feet
  23. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
    1,290 feet
  24. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    1,290 feet
  25. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Christodora House Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Charlie Parker Residence Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Library
    1,020 feet
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  1. Eleventh Street Methodist-Episcopal Chapel Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
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  1. Christian Missionary Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Citylight Church House of worship
    990 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 120 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 B or East 7th Street.

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