Delancey Street & Allen Street

Delancey Street and Allen Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 102 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,214 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. International Center of Photography Museum is 520 feet away, and Delancey Plaza is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 231 places to eat.

Safety record
53 hurt
102 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
680 feet · 3 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Allen St/Delancey St · B39, M15
Within a walk
31 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Delancey Street & Allen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    680 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. Bowery J, Z
    980 feet
    J Z
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.3 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 Allen St/Delancey St, 90 feet away, for the B39 and M15.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Delancey St B39, M15
    90 feet
    B39 M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B39 …
  2. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 14 of them on-street corrals
  • 9 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Delancey St & Eldridge St 31 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.9 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
    940 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1,200 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 102 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 53 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,214 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 76th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 192 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is 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 buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and May 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Delancey Street (south side).

East side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102652, 105360, 105391, 107127 and 107293.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival. They were built between 1830 and 1927.

  1. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Essex Street Academy School
    1,040 feet
Show all 9
  1. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    1,040 feet
  2. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    1,040 feet
  3. New Design High School
    1,040 feet
  4. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    1,040 feet
  5. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  6. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    620 feet
  2. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    890 feet
  3. Rivington St Playground
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    1,140 feet
  2. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    180 feet
  2. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    320 feet
  3. International Center of Photography Museum
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    640 feet
  2. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    880 feet
  3. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    510 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 231 places to eat and 33 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Allen Street or Delancey Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.