East Houston Street & Attorney Street

East Houston Street and Attorney Street meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hope Garden is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 16 of them gardens, and 79 places to eat. About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
East Houston St/Clinton St · M9, M21
Within a walk
47 places
16 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Attorney Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
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 East Houston St/Clinton St, 250 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Clinton St M9, M21
    250 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 2 St & Ave B 85 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Attorney Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Attorney Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Houston Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 107368.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts and Gothic, one each, and built between 1849 and 1900.

  1. Anshe Slonim Synagogue Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 16 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    830 feet
  3. Keswell School
    1,000 feet
Show all 10
  1. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    1,180 feet
  4. New Amsterdam School
    1,210 feet
  5. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,280 feet
  6. School for Global Leaders School
    1,280 feet
  7. Connelly Ctr Education/Holy Child MS School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    330 feet
  2. Hope Garden
    530 feet
  3. Gustave Hartman Square
    580 feet
Show all 21
  1. Siempre Verde Garden
    570 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Park
    600 feet
  3. Nathan Straus Playground
    610 feet
  4. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    660 feet
  5. Miracle Garden
    680 feet
  6. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    690 feet
  7. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    710 feet
  8. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    730 feet
  9. ABC Playground
    810 feet
  10. Peach Tree Garden
    940 feet
  11. Los Amigos Garden
    1,040 feet
  12. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    1,200 feet
  13. Secret Garden
    1,210 feet
  14. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    1,210 feet
  15. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    1,220 feet
  16. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    1,240 feet
  17. Children's Magical Garden
    1,270 feet
  18. 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    510 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    640 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Landmark
    660 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    520 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Attorney Street or East Houston Street.

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