Centre Street & Hester Street

Centre Street and Hester Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Most Precious Blood is 360 feet away, and Collect Pond Park is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 17 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 183 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Centre Street.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Centre St/Grand St · M1
Within a walk
28 places
7 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Centre Street & Hester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 17 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    310 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Centre St/Grand St, 790 feet away, for the M1.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Centre St/Grand St M1
    790 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street.

  • 68 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. Howard St & Lafayette St 39 docks in all
    270 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
    1.7 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1915.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Centre Street (west side).

East side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7:30AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Hester Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105232, 105233, 105520 and 106695.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 105 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1890.

  1. Odd Fellows Hall Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 museums
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    350 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
Show all 7
  1. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  2. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  3. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  4. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    700 feet
  2. Collect Pond Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Petrosino Square
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    270 feet
  2. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Italian American Museum
    800 feet
  2. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet
  4. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    730 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    890 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    310 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 183 places to eat and 37 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Centre Street or Hester Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.