East Houston Street & Avenue D

East Houston Street and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Baruch development. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 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. Hamilton Fish Park is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/East Houston St, is 80 feet away for the M14D SBS. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, six of them gardens, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
39 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,230 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Avenue D/East Houston St · M14D SBS
Within a walk
31 places
6 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Avenue D Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/East Houston St, 80 feet away, for the M14D SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/East Houston St M14D SBS
    80 feet
    M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E Houston St & Columbia St 51 docks in all
    60 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, 1,230 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 39 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 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, December 2018
  • Turn calming, January 2019

About this corner

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 in 1950.

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

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and April 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue D

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 6AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Columbia Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Columbia Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1898 and 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math High School
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 188 the Island School
    510 feet
  3. P.S. 015 Roberto Clemente School
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dewitt Reformed Church Preschool · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Dewitt Headstart School
    1,000 feet
  3. Bard High School Early College School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Fish Park
    330 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    400 feet
  3. Gustave Hartman Square
    500 feet
Show all 12
  1. Wald Playground
    510 feet
  2. Orchard Alley Garden
    530 feet
  3. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    820 feet
  4. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    1,000 feet
  5. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    1,000 feet
  6. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    1,040 feet
  7. Peach Tree Garden
    1,150 feet
  8. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    1,160 feet
  9. Baruch Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Fish Park Library
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Western Orthodox Hispanic Church St Isidoro & St Leandro House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lutowisker Chevra Synagogues House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 12 Avenue D Older adult center
    260 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    560 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Landmark
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    1,150 feet
  2. Community center at Baruch Community center
    1,220 feet
  3. Riis II Community Center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue D, Columbia Street or East Houston 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.