East Houston Street & Norfolk Street

East Houston Street and Norfolk Street meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. ABC Playground is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, ten of them gardens, and 179 places to eat. About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
East Houston St/Av A · M21
Within a walk
34 places
10 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Norfolk Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    1,050 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Av A, 200 feet away, for the M21.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Av A M21
    200 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stanton St & Norfolk St 49 docks in all
    520 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
    930 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2024

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
27 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 116 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East Houston Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Norfolk Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Norfolk Street

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Deco. They were mostly built between 1935 and 1936.

  1. Anshe Slonim Synagogue Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. First Houses Designated landmark
    470 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
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 10 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    430 feet
  2. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. School for Global Leaders School
    780 feet
  2. Neighborhood School
    1,270 feet
  3. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    1,270 feet
  4. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ABC Playground
    70 feet
  2. Hope Garden
    380 feet
  3. Children's Magical Garden
    520 feet
Show all 15
  1. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    560 feet
  2. Peretz Square
    650 feet
  3. Miracle Garden
    940 feet
  4. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    950 feet
  5. McKinley Playground
    990 feet
  6. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    1,020 feet
  7. First Park
    1,030 feet
  8. First Park Playground
    1,070 feet
  9. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    1,090 feet
  10. Siempre Verde Garden
    1,180 feet
  11. Peach Tree Garden
    1,200 feet
  12. Los Amigos Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    730 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    780 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 179 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Houston Street or Norfolk 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.