East Broadway & Jefferson Street

East Broadway and Jefferson Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The corner is also named Educational Alliance Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Seward Park Library is 110 feet away, and Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 79 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
390 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Essex St/East Broadway · M9
Within a walk
40 places
17 religious buildings, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Broadway & Jefferson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    390 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Essex St/East Broadway, 450 feet away, for the M9.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/East Broadway M9 · Countdown sign
    450 feet
    M9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East Broadway.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Canal St & Rutgers St 45 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Educational Alliance Corner, a co-naming enacted on February 3, 1989 (Local Law 8 of 1989).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 137 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the Siberian elm.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Educational Alliance Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on East Broadway (north side).

South side of East Broadway

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-5PM

East side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102426 and 104381.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1908 and 1931.

  1. Forward Building Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    590 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    360 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    420 feet
  3. Fiorello H. La Guardia Bust by Jo Davidson, 1957
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  3. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Manhattan Charter School II School
    1,010 feet
  3. Orchard Collegiate Academy School
    1,010 feet
  4. University Neighborhood Middle School
    1,010 feet
  5. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    1,200 feet
  6. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seward Park
    40 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    240 feet
  3. Straus Square
    280 feet
Show all 7
  1. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    410 feet
  2. Little Flower Playground
    560 feet
  3. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    780 feet
  4. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    680 feet

Health care

  1. New Gouverneur Hospital SNF Nursing home or hospice
    810 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seward Park Library Landmark
    110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. St Teresa Church House of worship
    540 feet
  3. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    690 feet
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  1. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    120 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Rutgers Community Center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Broadway or Jefferson 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, NYC Records, 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.