Bowery & Hester Street

Bowery and Hester Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sara D. Roosevelt Park is 350 feet away, and P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about three minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 195 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bowery/Hester St · M103
Within a walk
31 places
12 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bowery & Hester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    780 feet
    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. Bowery J, Z
    1,230 feet
    J Z
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.3 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Hester St, 40 feet away, for the M103.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Hester St M103
    40 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand St & Elizabeth St 45 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2018
  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and September 2025; 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 8am to 7pm on Hester Street (south side).

East side of Bowery

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY OTHER TIMES HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hester Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102901, 102902, 103981, 104864, 106596 and 106968.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1869 and 1924.

  1. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Bowery Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. Bowery Savings Bank Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    70 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. Emma Lazarus High School
    1,230 feet
  3. M.S. 131 School
    1,230 feet
  4. Pace High School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    350 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    370 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. Italian American Museum
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    970 feet
  3. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    560 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    950 feet
  2. Engine 55 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 195 places to eat and 45 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowery or Hester Street.

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