Cherry Street & Jefferson Street

Cherry Street and Jefferson Street meet at a five-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's La Guardia Addition development. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Waterfront Esplanade is 370 feet away, and Manhattan Charter School II is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
990 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Madison St/Clinton St · M22
Within a walk
28 places
10 religious buildings, 5 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cherry Street & Jefferson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. East Broadway F
    990 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Clinton St, 820 feet away, for the M22.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Clinton St M22 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    820 feet
    M22
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Cherry St 49 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

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

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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 May 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)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 1954 and 1978.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's La Guardia Addition development.

Since 2014 at least 204 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Little Flower Playground.

  1. Fiorello H. La Guardia Bust by Jo Davidson, 1957
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 184m Shuang Wen School
    800 feet
  2. Hamilton - Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. Manhattan Charter School II School
    1,310 feet
Show all 5
  1. Orchard Collegiate Academy School
    1,310 feet
  2. University Neighborhood Middle School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Little Flower Playground
    310 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    370 feet
  3. Cherry Clinton Playground
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Lillian D Wald Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    1,240 feet
  4. Coleman Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Basketball City Public space
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. New Gouverneur Hospital SNF Nursing home or hospice
    890 feet
  2. EMS Station 4 Ambulance station
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. St Teresa Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 280 Cherry Street Older adult center
    190 feet
  2. Two Bridges Community Center
    820 feet
  3. Rutgers Community Center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. 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 five places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cherry Street, Jefferson Street or Pedestrian Path.

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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.