Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street
Brooklyn Bridge, FDR Drive and South Street meet at a six-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Meyer's Hotel stands 790 feet away. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more. Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredCycling
- 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
A ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge starts at this corner.
- 55 8th Avenue Gas station2.5 miles
- 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 September 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10038
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 1
- Police precinct
- 5
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Chinatown-Two Bridges
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 2,200 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.
Trees
Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, 49 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1813 and 1873.
- United States Post Office, Peck Slip Station Designated landmark780 feet
- Meyer's Hotel Designated landmark790 feet
- Brooklyn Bridge Designated landmark810 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk