Bowery & Bayard Street

Bowery and Bayard Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 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. Citizens Savings Bank, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about six minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 197 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Bowery/Bayard St · M103
Within a walk
41 places
15 religious buildings, 4 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bowery & Bayard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.3 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Bayard St, 150 feet away, for the M103.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Bayard St M103
    150 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Division St & Bowery 74 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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, June 2009

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1900 and 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 7pm on Bowery (east side).

North side of Bayard Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Bayard Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100036, 103865, 107404 and 116294.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1801 and 1903.

  1. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    470 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Confucius Triangle.

  1. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    310 feet
  2. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    630 feet
  3. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    600 feet
  2. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 10
  1. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    780 feet
  2. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Acare Training Trade or language school
    810 feet
  4. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    870 feet
  5. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  6. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  7. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kimlau Square
    650 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    810 feet
  3. Playground One Playground
    1,000 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,100 feet
  2. St. James Triangle
    1,120 feet
  3. Columbus Park Playground
    1,120 feet
  4. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,250 feet
  5. Hester St Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    680 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    490 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    850 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    950 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    170 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 197 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bayard Street, Bowery or Manhattan Bridge Pedestrian Path.

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