FDR Drive & East 6th Street Pedestrian Bridge Over FDR Drive

FDR Drive and East 6th Street Pedestrian Bridge Over FDR Drive meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Wald development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Emmanuel Presbyterian Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 6 St, is 960 feet away for the M14D SBS, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them community centers, and one place to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,060 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Avenue D/E 6 St · M14D SBS
Within a walk
8 places
3 community centers, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & East 6th Street Pedestrian Bridge Over FDR Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 6 St, 960 feet away, for the M14D SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 6 St M14D SBS
    960 feet
    M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 6 St & Ave D 45 docks in all
    770 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, 1,060 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2016.

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 2,400 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 Wald development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 community centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    90 feet
  2. Wald Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. East River Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riis II Community Center
    740 feet
  2. Community center at Riis Community center
    1,250 feet
  3. Baruch Community Center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 6th Street Pedestrian Bridge Over FDR Drive or FDR Drive.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.