East River Esplanade & E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass

East River Esplanade and E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. John V. Lindsay East River Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Houston St/Mangin St, is 500 feet away for the M14D SBS and M21, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

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East River Esplanade & E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Mangin St, 500 feet away, for the M14D SBS and M21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass and East River Esplanade.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stanton St & Mangin St 19 docks in all
    940 feet

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 36 homes, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bard High School Early College School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 188 the Island School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    40 feet
  2. Wald Playground
    850 feet
  3. Baruch Playground
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Baruch Community Center
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYPD, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.