Broome Street & Forsyth Street

Broome Street and Forsyth Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sara D. Roosevelt Park is 60 feet away, and the Engine 55 firehouse is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about two minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 190 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Grand St/Chrystie St · T232
Within a walk
42 places
12 religious buildings, 8 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Forsyth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    530 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
    800 feet
    J Z
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Chrystie St, 550 feet away, for the T232.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Chrystie St T232
    550 feet
    T232

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forsyth St & Broome St 66 docks in all
    40 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
    1.9 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    980 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 146 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broome Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Broome Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Forsyth Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102999.

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. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1902.

  1. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Bowery Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Bowery Savings Bank Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 museums
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. Emma Lazarus High School
    1,010 feet
  3. M.S. 131 School
    1,010 feet
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  1. Pace High School
    1,010 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  4. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  5. Essex Street Academy School
    1,220 feet
  6. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    1,220 feet
  7. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    1,220 feet
  8. New Design High School
    1,220 feet
  9. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    1,220 feet
  10. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    60 feet
  2. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    710 feet
  3. Hester St Playground
    830 feet
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  1. Rivington St Playground
    900 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    950 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester House Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    810 feet
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  1. International Center of Photography Museum
    960 feet
  2. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    690 feet
  2. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    980 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    1,040 feet
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  1. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 190 places to eat and 42 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broome Street or Forsyth 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, 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.