Eldridge Street & Rivington Street

Eldridge Street and Rivington Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Lower East Side I Infill development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. M'finda Kalunga Garden is 300 feet away, and Bowery Mission stands 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 205 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Allen St/Delancey St · B39, M15
Within a walk
30 places
9 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eldridge Street & Rivington Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    1,140 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Bowery J, Z
    1,210 feet
    J Z
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    1,290 feet
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Delancey St, 630 feet away, for the B39 and M15.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Delancey St B39, M15 · Countdown sign
    630 feet
    B39 M15
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B39 …
  2. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rivington Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Allen St & Rivington St 42 docks in all
    350 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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)
Lower East Side
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Lower East Side I Infill development.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Eldridge Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Eldridge Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Rivington Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Rivington Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical, Federal and neo-Grec, one each, and built between 1830 and 1927.

  1. Bowery Mission Designated landmark
    790 feet
  2. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Cascades High School
    740 feet
  3. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    300 feet
  2. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    300 feet
  3. Rivington St Playground
    310 feet
Show all 7
  1. Houston St Playground
    810 feet
  2. First Park Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. First Park
    1,010 feet
  4. Peretz Square
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    940 feet
  3. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. New Museum
    1,230 feet
  3. International Center of Photography Museum
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    230 feet
  2. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    660 feet
  3. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 205 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Eldridge Street or Rivington Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.