Division Street & Allen Street

Division Street and Allen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 59 public places, 25 of them religious buildings, and 128 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
790 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Pike St/Division St · M15
Within a walk
59 places
25 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Division Street & Allen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    790 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pike St/Division St, 110 feet away, for the M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pike St/Division St M15 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Allen Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Allen Street and Pike Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pike St & E Broadway 34 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

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)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2026; 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 8am to 7pm on Pike Street (west side).

East side of Allen Street

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

West side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of Division Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Division Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100467, 116179 and 116240.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1912.

  1. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    610 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    640 feet
  2. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 public places.

  • 25 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    770 feet
Show all 14
  1. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    940 feet
  4. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  5. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  6. Emma Lazarus High School
    1,000 feet
  7. M.S. 131 School
    1,000 feet
  8. Pace High School
    1,000 feet
  9. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  10. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  11. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    690 feet
  2. Straus Square
    780 feet
  3. Seward Park
    780 feet
Show all 9
  1. Seward Park Playground
    810 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    860 feet
  3. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    1,050 feet
  4. Coleman Playground
    1,050 feet
  5. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    1,240 feet
  6. Hester St Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    500 feet
  2. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Seward Park Library
    1,290 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. St Teresa Church House of worship
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  4. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  5. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    860 feet
  3. Rutgers Community Center
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet
  2. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 128 places to eat and 32 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Allen Street, Division Street or Pike 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.