East Houston Street & Baruch Place

East Houston Street and Baruch Place meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Wald development. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Wald Playground is 150 feet away, and New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math High School is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Houston St/Mangin St, is 280 feet away for the M14D SBS and M21. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them parks, and one place to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
490 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
East Houston St/Mangin St · M14D SBS, M21
Within a walk
15 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Baruch Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Mangin St, 280 feet away, for the M14D SBS and M21.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Mangin St M14D SBS, M21
    280 feet
    M14D SBS M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stanton St & Mangin St 19 docks in all
    630 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, 490 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.4 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
2
Police precinct
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1962.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Wald development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Baruch Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Baruch Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East Houston Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bard High School Early College School
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 188 the Island School
    550 feet
  3. New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math High School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wald Playground
    150 feet
  2. Baruch Playground
    440 feet
  3. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hamilton Fish Park
    1,060 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Orchard Alley Garden
    1,170 feet
  4. Gustave Hartman Square
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Fish Park Library
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Baruch Community Center
    610 feet
  2. Older adult center at 12 Avenue D Older adult center
    790 feet
  3. Community center at Baruch Community center
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Baruch Place or East Houston Street.

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