East Broadway & Chatham Square

East Broadway and Chatham Square meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kimlau Square is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about seven minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 49 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 149 places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
East Broadway/Catherine St · M9, M22
Within a walk
49 places
19 religious buildings, 5 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Broadway & Chatham Square Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. East Broadway F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.4 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Broadway/Catherine St, 170 feet away, for the M9 and M22.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway/Catherine St M9, M22 · Countdown sign
    170 feet
    M9 M22
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St James Pl & Oliver St 48 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 7pm on Chatham Square (west side).

East side of Chatham Square

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of East Broadway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100014.

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, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1801 and 1845.

  1. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    550 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
    80 feet
  2. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    110 feet
  3. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    220 feet
  2. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    620 feet
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  1. Acare Training Trade or language school
    420 feet
  2. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    760 feet
  4. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    920 feet
  5. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  6. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  7. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  8. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kimlau Square
    50 feet
  2. St. James Triangle
    520 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    550 feet
Show all 9
  1. Playground One Playground
    620 feet
  2. Columbus Park Playground
    720 feet
  3. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,080 feet
  5. James Madison Plaza
    1,100 feet
  6. Thomas Paine Park
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    90 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    480 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    530 feet
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  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    280 feet
  2. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    520 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    710 feet
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  1. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  4. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  5. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    900 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    360 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 149 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chatham Square or East Broadway.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.