East Houston Street & Ludlow Street

East Houston Street and Ludlow Street meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Meltzer Tower development. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. First Houses, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 460 feet away, and School for Global Leaders is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, six of them gardens, and 189 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
560 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
East Houston St/Essex St · M21
Within a walk
30 places
6 gardens, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Ludlow Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    560 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    F J M Z
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.5 miles
    6 B D F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Essex St, 250 feet away, for the M21.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Essex St M21
    250 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 1 St & 1 Ave 75 docks in all
    590 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
    1.9 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    390 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 116 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 24 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to midnight on Ludlow Street (west side).

North side of East 1st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 11PM-9AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 1st Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-3PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Bus layover only 4 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 11PM-9AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East Houston Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101760, 103739, 104025 and 106725.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 17 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Deco. They were mostly built between 1873 and 1936.

  1. First Houses Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Anshe Slonim Synagogue Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in ABC Playground.

  1. Large Coqui Sculpture by Tom Otterness, 2007
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 6 gardens
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    700 feet
  2. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,260 feet
Show all 6
  1. School for Global Leaders School
    1,260 feet
  2. Neighborhood School
    1,290 feet
  3. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peretz Square
    170 feet
  2. ABC Playground
    320 feet
  3. First Park
    540 feet
Show all 12
  1. First Park Playground
    590 feet
  2. Children's Magical Garden
    840 feet
  3. Hope Garden
    870 feet
  4. First Street Garden
    970 feet
  5. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,010 feet
  6. McKinley Playground
    1,010 feet
  7. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    1,040 feet
  8. Miracle Garden
    1,280 feet
  9. Liz Christy Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center
    1,290 feet
  2. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    250 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 189 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 1st Street, East Houston Street or Ludlow 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.