Eldridge Street & Hester Street

Eldridge Street and Hester Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center is 170 feet away, and M.S. 131 is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 160 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Allen St/Hester St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
32 places
13 religious buildings, 4 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eldridge Street & Hester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    890 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. East Broadway F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Hester St, 270 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Hester St M15 SBS · Shelter
    270 feet
    M15 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Allen St & Hester St 117 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    830 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Eldridge Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Eldridge Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Hester 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 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102031, 102952 and 106423.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival. They were built between 1831 and 1912.

  1. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    660 feet
  2. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    760 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Lazarus High School
    330 feet
  2. M.S. 131 School
    330 feet
  3. Pace High School
    330 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    570 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    310 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    320 feet
  3. Seward Park
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Seward Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet
  2. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    230 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet
  3. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 160 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Eldridge Street or Hester 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.