East Broadway & Rutgers Street

East Broadway and Rutgers Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Straus Square is 40 feet away, and Chinese Missionary Baptist Church is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 111 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
80 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Essex St/East Broadway · M9
Within a walk
43 places
20 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Broadway & Rutgers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    80 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
    0.3 miles
    F J M Z
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Essex St/East Broadway, 30 feet away, for the M9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.7 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
    0.3 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

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)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 119 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and August 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East Broadway

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Rutgers Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100133 and 100931.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and mostly built between 1908 and 1912.

  1. Forward Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    290 feet
  3. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    590 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    80 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    290 feet
  3. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    320 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    780 feet
  3. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,010 feet
  4. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Straus Square
    40 feet
  2. Seward Park
    170 feet
  3. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    190 feet
Show all 7
  1. Seward Park Playground
    200 feet
  2. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    380 feet
  3. Little Flower Playground
    840 feet
  4. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    370 feet

Health care

  1. New Gouverneur Hospital SNF Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seward Park Library Landmark
    530 feet
  2. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Teresa Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    330 feet
  3. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    340 feet
Show all 4
  1. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    670 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    540 feet
  3. Rutgers Community Center
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seward Park Community Center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 111 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Broadway or Rutgers 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.