Delancey Street & Forsyth Street

Delancey Street and Forsyth Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. M'finda Kalunga Garden is 350 feet away, and Forsyth Satellite Academy is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowery, is about two minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 190 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowery
450 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Allen St/Delancey St · B39, M15
Within a walk
33 places
12 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Delancey Street & Forsyth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowery, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery J, Z
    450 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    880 feet
    B D
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    1,220 feet
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Delancey St, 540 feet away, for the B39 and M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B39 …
  2. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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)
Lower East Side
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 167 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Delancey Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Delancey Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Forsyth Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Forsyth Street

  • No parking 20 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103779, 106685 and 107651.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, Classical and Federal, one each, and built between 1830 and 1927.

  1. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. Germania Bank Building Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 10 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
    720 feet
  2. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Cascades High School
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    90 feet
  2. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    350 feet
  3. Rivington St Playground
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. Houston St Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    600 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    540 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    710 feet
  2. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. International Center of Photography Museum
    1,060 feet
  2. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    340 feet
  2. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    630 feet
  3. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 190 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Delancey Street or Forsyth 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.