East Houston Street & Suffolk Street

East Houston Street and Suffolk Street meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hope Garden is 130 feet away, and Peretz Square is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 12 of them gardens, and 134 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
East Houston St/Norfolk St · M9, M21
Within a walk
42 places
12 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Suffolk Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    1,300 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/Norfolk St, 80 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Norfolk St M9, M21
    80 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Suffolk Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suffolk St & Stanton St 45 docks in all
    430 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, 0.6 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
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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)
East Village
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 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 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East Houston Street

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

East side of Suffolk Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Suffolk Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104000.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and nine 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
    350 feet
  2. First Houses Designated landmark
    640 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
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 12 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    680 feet
  3. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    780 feet
Show all 8
  1. School for Global Leaders School
    780 feet
  2. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,180 feet
  4. New Amsterdam School
    1,220 feet
  5. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Garden
    130 feet
  2. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    310 feet
  3. ABC Playground
    310 feet
Show all 20
  1. Miracle Garden
    690 feet
  2. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    700 feet
  3. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    770 feet
  4. Children's Magical Garden
    770 feet
  5. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    830 feet
  6. Peretz Square
    900 feet
  7. Siempre Verde Garden
    930 feet
  8. Peach Tree Garden
    950 feet
  9. Los Amigos Garden
    1,050 feet
  10. Gustave Hartman Square
    1,080 feet
  11. Nathan Straus Playground
    1,090 feet
  12. Hamilton Fish Park
    1,100 feet
  13. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    1,220 feet
  14. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    1,230 feet
  15. McKinley Playground
    1,240 feet
  16. Garden of the Humanitarians Garden
    1,250 feet
  17. First Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    960 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Spanish Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    950 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Post Office
    1,140 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    520 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 134 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East Houston Street or Suffolk Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.