East River Esplanade & E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass

East River Esplanade and E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. John V. Lindsay East River Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Houston St/Mangin St, is 500 feet away for the M14D SBS and M21, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds.

Safety record
14 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
East Houston St/Mangin St · M14D SBS, M21
Within a walk
6 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East River Esplanade & E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Mangin St, 500 feet away, for the M14D SBS and M21.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Mangin St M14D SBS, M21
    500 feet
    M14D SBS M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass and East River Esplanade.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stanton St & Mangin St 19 docks in all
    930 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village

Homes

About 1,900 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 in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the holly.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bard High School Early College School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 188 the Island School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    50 feet
  2. Wald Playground
    850 feet
  3. Baruch Playground
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Baruch Community Center
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass or East River Esplanade.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.