Elizabeth Street & Kenmare Street

Elizabeth Street and Kenmare Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Janet Freeman Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Germania Bank Building, one of nine Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowery, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 216 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowery
460 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Bowery/Kenmare St · M103
Within a walk
29 places
8 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elizabeth Street & Kenmare Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowery, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery J, Z
    460 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St 6
    930 feet
    6
  2. Grand St B, D
    1,230 feet
    B D

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kenmare St & Elizabeth St 54 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four 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 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Janet Freeman Way, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,900 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 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Janet Freeman Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Kenmare Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Kenmare Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, Federal and Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1833 and 1912.

  1. Germania Bank Building Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Bowery Savings Bank Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Young Men's Institute Building Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DeSalvio Playground
    570 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    720 feet
  3. Petrosino Square
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    1,170 feet
  2. Rivington St Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester House Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. New Museum
    1,150 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  3. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    1,220 feet
  4. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  5. Italian American Museum
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    940 feet
  3. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station · landmark
    440 feet
  2. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 216 places to eat and 47 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elizabeth Street or Kenmare 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 Records, 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.