Broome Street & Bowery

Broome Street and Bowery meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sara D. Roosevelt Park is 390 feet away, and New Museum is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowery, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 222 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowery
390 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Bowery/Kenmare St · M103
Within a walk
32 places
11 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Bowery Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowery, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery J, Z
    390 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    660 feet
    B D
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Kenmare St, 220 feet away, for the M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Kenmare St M103
    220 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forsyth St & Broome St 66 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 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
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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)
Lower East Side
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1912.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Bowery

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

North side of Broome Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Broome Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103469, 103674, 103796 and 103797.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and Federal, and mostly built between 1851 and 1899.

  1. Bowery Savings Bank Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Bowery Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. Germania Bank Building Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    390 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. DeSalvio Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    1,220 feet
  2. Rivington St Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester House Listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. New Museum
    1,190 feet
  3. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  4. Italian American Museum
    1,260 feet
  5. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    760 feet
  2. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    990 feet
  3. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station · landmark
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 222 places to eat and 47 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 Bowery 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, 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.