East 9th Street & Avenue A

East 9th Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The fountain “Temperance Fountain” is 260 feet away, and the stele “Slocum Disaster Memorial” is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 200 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
E 9 St/Avenue A · M8
Within a walk
30 places
10 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 9th 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 five minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    0.3 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 9 St/Avenue A, 120 feet away, for the M8.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 9 St/Avenue A M8
    120 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue A and East 9th Street.

  • 105 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 9 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ave A & E 11 St 69 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 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 August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 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
18 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 4,500 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 1920.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 128 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Avenue A (east side).

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 9th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102571 and 106149.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 83 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1889.

  1. East 11th Street Bath Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. Congregation of Edes Israel Anshei Mesrich Designated landmark
    810 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
    260 feet
  2. Slocum Disaster Memorial Stele by Bruno Louis Zimm, 1906
    380 feet
  3. Samuel Sullivan Cox Statue by Louise Lawson, 1891
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. George Jackson Academy School
    740 feet
  2. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  3. East Side Community School
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bank Street College of Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    40 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    90 feet
  3. 11th Street Community Garden
    650 feet
Show all 10
  1. Lower East Side Playground
    900 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    1,080 feet
  4. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    1,240 feet
  5. Dias Y Flores Garden
    1,250 feet
  6. Creative Little Garden
    1,260 feet
  7. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tompkins Square Library Landmark
    850 feet
  2. Christodora House Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Charlie Parker Residence Listed historic place
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Eleventh Street Methodist-Episcopal Chapel Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church Landmark
    230 feet
  2. Citylight Church Landmark
    510 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church Landmark
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 200 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue A or East 9th 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 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.