Broome Street & Allen Street

Broome Street and Allen Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 192 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Allen St/Grand St · M15
Within a walk
35 places
11 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Allen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    880 feet
    F J M Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
4 lines
  1. F …
  2. J …
  3. M …
  4. Z …
Inbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    1,060 feet
    B D
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Shad Crossing, Delancey Orchard” (2004) by Ming Fay at the Delancey St-Essex St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Grand St, 430 feet away, for the M15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Grand St M15 · Shelter
    430 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 19 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Orchard St & Grand St 45 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

Homes

About 3,800 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 1935.

Since 2014 at least 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and June 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 Broome Street (north side).

East side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101170, 105391, 105470 and 107127.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival and Federal. They were mostly built between 1831 and 1886.

  1. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    130 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 community centers
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Essex Street Academy School
    690 feet
  3. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    690 feet
Show all 10
  1. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    690 feet
  2. New Design High School
    690 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    690 feet
  4. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  5. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  6. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,030 feet
  7. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    590 feet
  2. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    280 feet
  3. International Center of Photography Museum
    430 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  4. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    990 feet
  2. Seward Park Community Center
    990 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    860 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 192 places to eat and 35 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Allen Street or Broome 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.