Baruch Drive & Pedestrian Path
Baruch Drive and Pedestrian Path (north) meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Baruch development. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 188 the Island School is 440 feet away, and Gustave Hartman Square is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Columbia St/Houston St, is 660 feet away for the M21. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them schools, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Houston St, 660 feet away, for the M21.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Columbia St/Houston St M21 · Shelter660 feetM21
Next buses at this stop
- M21 …
Cycling
- 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- E Houston St & Columbia St 51 docks in all630 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 55 8th Avenue Gas station2.9 miles
- 107 Essex Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2021.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022
- Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10002
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 2
- Police precinct
- 7
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Lower East Side
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 4,600 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 between 1950 and 1962.
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 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 schools
- 3 parks
- 3 playgrounds
- 2 community centers
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 5 other places
Schools and child care
- P.S. 188 the Island School440 feet
- Bard High School Early College School840 feet
- New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math High School1,010 feet
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- Kids-Centric, Inc Dewitt Headstart School1,050 feet
- Dewitt Reformed Church Preschool · Pre-K1,080 feet
- NY Center for Child Dev Grand St Set School1,190 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Wald Playground200 feet
- Baruch Playground650 feet
- Hamilton Fish Park950 feet
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- Hamilton Fish Park Playground1,020 feet
- John V. Lindsay East River Park1,030 feet
- Gustave Hartman Square1,130 feet
- Orchard Alley Garden1,150 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Hamilton Fish Park Library1,010 feet
Community centers and public services
- Community center at Baruch Community center600 feet
- Older adult center at 12 Avenue D Older adult center680 feet
- Baruch Community Center1,000 feet
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- Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
- Shop Fair Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Baruch Drive & Pedestrian Path 310 feet
- East Houston Street & Baruch Place 390 feet
- East Houston Street & Avenue D 620 feet
- East Houston Street & Mangin Street 650 feet
- FDR Drive & East Houston Street 750 feet
- Stanton Street & Baruch Place 790 feet
- FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass 840 feet
- East 3rd Street & Avenue D 930 feet
See every intersection along Baruch Drive or Pedestrian Path.