East 7th Street & Avenue D

East 7th Street and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Riis II development. The corner is also named Dr. Joseph I. Kramer Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Emmanuel Presbyterian Church is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 6 St, is 350 feet away for the M14D SBS. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Avenue D/E 6 St · M14D SBS
Within a walk
34 places
13 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 6 St, 350 feet away, for the M14D SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 6 St M14D SBS
    350 feet
    M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Avenue D carries a bus lane, 6am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 6 St & Ave D 45 docks in all
    350 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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.

  • 4 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2023

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
10 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dr. Joseph I. Kramer Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Riis II development.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. Joseph I. Kramer Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Avenue D

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105589.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1908 and 1928.

  1. Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshe Ungarin Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. Wheatsworth Bakery Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 13 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 community centers
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. P.S. 015 Roberto Clemente School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Oasis Community Garden / Gilbert's Garden
    550 feet
  2. Sam & Sadie Koenig Garden
    710 feet
  3. Dry Dock Playground
    800 feet
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  1. Firemen's Memorial Garden
    730 feet
  2. Orchard Alley Garden
    890 feet
  3. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    950 feet
  4. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    950 feet
  5. Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Jardin Garden
    950 feet
  6. Clyde Romero Memorial Garden
    1,010 feet
  7. 9th St Community Garden Park
    1,060 feet
  8. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  9. Flower Door Garden
    1,120 feet
  10. La Casita Garden
    1,130 feet
  11. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    1,170 feet
  12. La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez Garden
    1,170 feet
  13. Earth People Garden
    1,210 feet
  14. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Presbyterian Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Spanish Evangelical Baptist Church House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Christian Missionary Church House of worship
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Western Orthodox Hispanic Church St Isidoro & St Leandro House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riis II Community Center
    320 feet
  2. Dry Dock Pool Swimming pool
    860 feet
  3. Community center at Riis Community center
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 12 Avenue D Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #4 Police station
    830 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue D or East 7th 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, NYC Records, 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.