Chrystie Street & Hester Street

Chrystie Street and Hester Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hester St Playground is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 161 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Chrystie Street.

Safety record
14 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Bowery/Hester St · M103
Within a walk
28 places
12 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chrystie Street & Hester 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
  • 11 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
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.3 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Hester St, 300 feet away, for the M103.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Hester St M103
    300 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Chrystie Street.

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forsyth St & Canal St 29 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025
  • 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)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1920.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 116 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
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

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

West side of Chrystie Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Hester Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hester Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102885.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1869 and 1924.

  1. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    600 feet
  2. Bowery Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    670 feet
  3. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    680 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 fire station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Emma Lazarus High School
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. M.S. 131 School
    1,000 feet
  3. Pace High School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    70 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    80 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  3. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    300 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    420 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    1,110 feet
  2. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 161 places to eat and 43 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Chrystie Street or Hester Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.