East Broadway & Catherine Street

East Broadway and Catherine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mariners Temple Baptist Church is 220 feet away, and Chatham Square Library is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about eight minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 154 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
East Broadway/Catherine St · M9
Within a walk
45 places
19 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Broadway & Catherine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Broadway/Catherine St, 40 feet away, for the M9.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway/Catherine St M9 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    40 feet
    M9
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Catherine Street and East Broadway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Division St & Bowery 74 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Catherine Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Catherine Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100066, 100695, 116347 and 127458.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Georgian-Gothic and Greek Revival. They were built between 1785 and 1903.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    650 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Chatham Square.

  1. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    230 feet
  2. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    240 feet
  3. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    90 feet
  2. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    370 feet
  3. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
Show all 11
  1. Acare Training Trade or language school
    170 feet
  2. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  4. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    940 feet
  5. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    960 feet
  6. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  7. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,090 feet
  8. P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kimlau Square
    130 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    370 feet
  3. St. James Triangle
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Columbus Park
    800 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    830 feet
  3. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    830 feet
  4. Columbus Park Playground
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    230 feet
  2. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    290 feet
  3. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    220 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    870 feet
  4. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    890 feet
  5. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    600 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 154 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Catherine Street or East Broadway.

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