Broome Street & Norfolk Street

Broome Street and Norfolk Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Seward Park Extension development. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about two minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, eight of them schools, and 155 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
430 feet · 2 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Essex St/Delancey St · L92, M9, M14A SBS
Within a walk
30 places
8 schools, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Norfolk Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    430 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. East Broadway F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

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 Essex St/Delancey St, 490 feet away, for the L92, M9 and M14A SBS.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/Delancey St L92, M9, M14A SBS
    490 feet
    L92 M9 M14A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M9 …
  3. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Norfolk St & Broome St 59 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 107 Essex Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    950 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Seward Park Extension development.

Since 2014 at least 876 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broome Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Broome Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Norfolk Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Norfolk Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, and built between 1831 and 1833.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 museums
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Essex Street Academy School
    500 feet
  3. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    500 feet
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  1. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    500 feet
  2. New Design High School
    500 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    500 feet
  4. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  5. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    870 feet
  6. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    910 feet
  7. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  8. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  9. Beth Jacob Elementary School
    1,090 feet
  10. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,260 feet
  11. School for Global Leaders School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seward Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    1,190 feet
  3. Children's Magical Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. International Center of Photography Museum
    490 feet
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  1. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    940 feet
  3. Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seward Park Community Center
    580 feet
  2. Older adult center at 175 Delancey Street Older adult center
    640 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 4/Engine 15/Ladder 18 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    900 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 155 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broome Street or Norfolk 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.