Bowery & Division Street

Bowery and Division Street meet at a six-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Confucius” is 120 feet away, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about eight minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 53 public places, 23 of them religious buildings, and 169 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
East Broadway/Catherine St · M9
Within a walk
53 places
23 religious buildings, 5 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bowery & Division Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D
  2. East Broadway F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Broadway/Catherine St, 270 feet away, for the M9.

  • 27 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway/Catherine St M9 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    270 feet
    M9
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Division St & Bowery 74 docks in all
    250 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
    2.1 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Division Street (north side).

East side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bowery

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Catherine Street

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

West side of Catherine Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Chatham Square

  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Chatham Square

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100227, 107404 and 116338.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1785 and 1924.

  1. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    780 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
    120 feet
  2. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    270 feet
  3. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 public places.

  • 23 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    200 feet
  2. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  3. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
Show all 11
  1. Acare Training Trade or language school
    410 feet
  2. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    600 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    700 feet
  4. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    730 feet
  5. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  6. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  7. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  8. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kimlau Square
    250 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    600 feet
  3. St. James Triangle
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. Columbus Park
    740 feet
  2. Columbus Park Playground
    920 feet
  3. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,010 feet
  4. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,060 feet
  5. James Madison Plaza
    1,290 feet
  6. Thomas Paine Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    180 feet
  2. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    270 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    290 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    520 feet
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  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    450 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  3. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  4. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  5. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  6. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 169 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowery, Catherine Street, Chatham Square, Division Street or Doyers Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.