Elizabeth Street & Bayard Street

Elizabeth Street and Bayard Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Trust in God Baptist Church is 120 feet away, and Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about six minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 185 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Bowery/Bayard St · M103
Within a walk
36 places
13 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elizabeth Street & Bayard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.3 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D
  2. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Bayard St, 430 feet away, for the M103.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Bayard St M103
    430 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bayard St & Baxter St 43 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1910 and 1915.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and January 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm on Bayard Street (south side).

North side of Bayard Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Elizabeth Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Elizabeth Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100037 and 116294.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1785 and 1924.

  1. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    700 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Confucius Triangle.

  1. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    450 feet
  2. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    630 feet
  3. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 schools
  • 2 courthouses
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    510 feet
  2. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
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  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    510 feet
  2. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    880 feet
  3. Acare Training Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  4. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    1,150 feet
  5. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  6. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  7. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,280 feet
  8. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    530 feet
  2. Columbus Park Playground
    930 feet
  3. Kimlau Square
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Playground One Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    950 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    120 feet
  2. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    250 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Landmark · listed historic place
    570 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    1,220 feet
  3. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    990 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    1,120 feet
  3. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    370 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    460 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 185 places to eat and 29 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 Bayard Street or Elizabeth 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, 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.