Broome Street & Ridge Street

Broome Street and Ridge Street meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Seward Park Extension development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Beth Jacob Elementary School is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F, J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Grand St/Pitt St · L92, M14A SBS
Within a walk
28 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Ridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    F

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 Grand St/Pitt St, 690 feet away, for the L92 and M14A SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Pitt St L92, M14A SBS · Shelter
    690 feet
    L92 M14A SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand St & Samuel Dickstein Plaza 81 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 670 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broome Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ridge Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Ridge Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, Federal (late) and neo-Georgian, one each, and built between 1826 and 1915.

  1. Neighborhood Playhouse Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Jacob Elementary School
    90 feet
  2. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
Show all 9
  1. Manhattan Charter School
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    810 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    1,050 feet
  5. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  6. P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ahearn Park
    880 feet
  2. Luther Gulick Park
    960 feet
  3. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Nathan Straus Playground
    1,100 feet
  2. Luther Gulick Park Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. New East Side Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Lillian Wald Residence Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    300 feet
  2. Bialystoker Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    480 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 15 Willett Street Older adult center
    450 feet
  2. Older adult center at 175 Delancey Street Older adult center
    500 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    900 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    830 feet
  3. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    990 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broome Street or Ridge 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.