East Houston Street & Clinton Street

East Houston Street and Clinton Street meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Anshe Slonim Synagogue stands 540 feet away, and New Amsterdam School is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 50 public places, 14 of them gardens, and 103 places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
East Houston St/Clinton St · M9, M21
Within a walk
50 places
14 gardens, 10 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Clinton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Clinton St, 70 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Clinton St M9, M21
    70 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue B and Clinton Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 2 St & Ave B 85 docks in all
    310 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, 0.6 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 1999
  • Turn calming, January 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2019
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2025

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue B

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FRI-SUN MIDNIGHT-6AM

West side of Avenue B

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM OTHER TIMES NO STANDING

East side of Clinton Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Clinton Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 3 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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104000.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic, and built between 1849 and 1850.

  1. Anshe Slonim Synagogue Designated landmark
    540 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
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 public places.

  • 14 gardens
  • 10 schools
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    940 feet
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  1. New Amsterdam School
    960 feet
  2. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,030 feet
  3. School for Global Leaders School
    1,030 feet
  4. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    1,060 feet
  5. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    1,080 feet
  6. Earth School
    1,110 feet
  7. P.S. 064 Robert Simon School
    1,110 feet
  8. Tompkins Square Middle School
    1,110 feet
  9. Keswell School
    1,250 feet
  10. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Garden
    290 feet
  2. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    420 feet
  3. ABC Playground
    570 feet
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  1. Miracle Garden
    430 feet
  2. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    450 feet
  3. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    520 feet
  4. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    580 feet
  5. Siempre Verde Garden
    680 feet
  6. Peach Tree Garden
    700 feet
  7. Los Amigos Garden
    790 feet
  8. Gustave Hartman Square
    820 feet
  9. Nathan Straus Playground
    840 feet
  10. Hamilton Fish Park
    850 feet
  11. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    970 feet
  12. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    980 feet
  13. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    990 feet
  14. Children's Magical Garden
    1,020 feet
  15. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    1,060 feet
  16. Peretz Square
    1,150 feet
  17. Sage's Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    880 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center
    910 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    550 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 103 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue B, Clinton Street or East Houston 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, 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.