East Houston Street & Avenue A

East Houston Street and Avenue A meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 61 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. The sculpture “Large Coqui” is 100 feet away, and Lower East Side Preparatory High School is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them gardens, and 200 places to eat.

Safety record
38 hurt
61 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
810 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Avenue A/East Houston St · M14A SBS
Within a walk
30 places
7 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    810 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    1,310 feet
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue A/East Houston St, 40 feet away, for the M14A SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue A/East Houston St M14A SBS
    40 feet
    M14A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 2 St & Ave A 68 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    700 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1,290 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 61 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 38 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 1999
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 116 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East Houston Street (north side).

East side of Avenue A

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM

West side of Avenue A

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East Houston Street

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

East side of Essex Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Essex Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103920, 104025 and 104491.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 13 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Deco. They were mostly built between 1935 and 1936.

  1. First Houses Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Anshe Slonim Synagogue Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in ABC Playground.

  1. Large Coqui Sculpture by Tom Otterness, 2007
    100 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    450 feet
  2. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. School for Global Leaders School
    1,010 feet
  2. Neighborhood School
    1,040 feet
  3. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ABC Playground
    80 feet
  2. Peretz Square
    420 feet
  3. Children's Magical Garden
    610 feet
Show all 13
  1. Hope Garden
    610 feet
  2. McKinley Playground
    760 feet
  3. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    790 feet
  4. First Park
    790 feet
  5. First Park Playground
    840 feet
  6. Miracle Garden
    1,030 feet
  7. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    1,180 feet
  8. First Street Garden
    1,220 feet
  9. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    1,250 feet
  10. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    430 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    470 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    500 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 200 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue A, East Houston Street or Essex Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.