East Houston Street & Ridge Street

East Houston Street and Ridge Street meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Le Petit Versailles Garden is 90 feet away, and Hamilton Fish Park Library is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 49 public places, 16 of them gardens, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
East Houston St/Av C · M9, M21
Within a walk
49 places
16 gardens, 11 religious buildings and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Ridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    0.4 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
    0.5 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Av C, 120 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Av C M9, M21
    120 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 2 St & Ave C 84 docks in all
    450 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 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 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 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 parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Ridge Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Ridge Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 107368.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1898 and 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 public places.

  • 16 gardens
  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Keswell School
    750 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Manhattan Charter School
    1,240 feet
  4. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    1,240 feet
  5. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    90 feet
  2. Gustave Hartman Square
    330 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Park
    350 feet
Show all 22
  1. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    480 feet
  2. Peach Tree Garden
    720 feet
  3. Nathan Straus Playground
    760 feet
  4. Hope Garden
    780 feet
  5. Siempre Verde Garden
    820 feet
  6. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    910 feet
  7. Miracle Garden
    930 feet
  8. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    940 feet
  9. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    950 feet
  10. Secret Garden
    960 feet
  11. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    960 feet
  12. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    960 feet
  13. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    970 feet
  14. ABC Playground
    1,060 feet
  15. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    1,090 feet
  16. El Jardin Del Paraiso Park
    1,090 feet
  17. El Jardin del Paraiso Garden
    1,090 feet
  18. Los Amigos Garden
    1,160 feet
  19. Sage's Garden
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Park Library
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    790 feet
  3. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Square Post Office
    390 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Landmark
    410 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 12 Avenue D Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 19 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 East Houston Street or Ridge 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.