East 9th Street & Avenue B

East 9th 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. Tompkins Square Lodging House, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 200 feet away, and Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 49 public places, 22 of them gardens, and 94 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
E 10 St/Avenue B · M8
Within a walk
49 places
22 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 9th Street & Avenue B 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.

  1. 1 Av L
    0.4 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, 330 feet away, for the M8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 11 St & Ave B 66 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.6 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
12 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 3,900 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 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 175 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue B

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-2PM

North side of East 9th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 9th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 34 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1862.

  1. Tompkins Square Lodging House Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Public School 64 Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. East 11th Street Bath Designated landmark
    460 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 public places.

  • 22 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Workshop School
    1,060 feet
  2. New Amsterdam School
    1,080 feet
  3. Earth School
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    1,090 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Middle School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    40 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    290 feet
  3. De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center Garden
    520 feet
Show all 27
  1. Toyota Childrens Learning Garden (Coradan Evaeden) Garden
    600 feet
  2. Joseph C. Sauer Park
    670 feet
  3. Earth People Garden
    690 feet
  4. La Casita Garden
    730 feet
  5. Clyde Romero Memorial Garden
    730 feet
  6. La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez Garden
    730 feet
  7. 11 BC Serenity Garden
    740 feet
  8. Down to Earth Garden
    740 feet
  9. Flower Door Garden
    750 feet
  10. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    780 feet
  11. 9th St Community Garden Park
    790 feet
  12. Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
    790 feet
  13. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    810 feet
  14. Vamos A Sembrar Garden
    820 feet
  15. Community Garden Association Garden
    830 feet
  16. Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Jardin Garden
    960 feet
  17. El Sol Brillante Jr. Garden
    990 feet
  18. Yu Suen Garden
    1,000 feet
  19. Creative Little Garden
    1,020 feet
  20. 6BC Botanical Garden
    1,060 feet
  21. Campos Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  22. Firemen's Memorial Garden
    1,240 feet
  23. Sam & Sadie Koenig Garden
    1,260 feet
  24. Dias Y Flores Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Christodora House Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Charlie Parker Residence Listed historic place
    180 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Library Landmark
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Eleventh Street Methodist-Episcopal Chapel Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Museum
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigid Church St Emeric House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Graffiti E 7 St Baptist Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church House of worship
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Citylight Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. Christian Missionary Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #4 Police station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade 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 94 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 B or East 9th 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, 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.