FDR Drive & Cherry Street
FDR Drive and Cherry Street meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Corlears Hook Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand St/Fdr Dr, is 390 feet away for the M21, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Fdr Dr, 390 feet away, for the M21.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Grand St/Fdr Dr M21390 feetM21
Next buses at this stop
- M21 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Cherry Street and FDR Drive.
- 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Henry St & Grand St 36 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 55 8th Avenue Gas station2.9 miles
- 299 South Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10002
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 1
- Police precinct
- 7
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Lower East Side
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,900 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 in 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the maidenhair tree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- East River Child Development Center Preschool970 feet
- East River Child Devlp Cntr - 570 School1,040 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Corlears Hook Park40 feet
- Corlears Hook Park Playground680 feet
- Lower East Side Ecology Center Environmental Learning Center in John V. Lindsay East River Park Park feature760 feet
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- John V. Lindsay East River Park990 feet
Supermarkets
- Fine Fare Supermarket1,290 feet
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
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, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- FDR Drive & Grand Street 330 feet
- Cherry Street & Corlears Hook Park Path 570 feet
- Cherry Street & Jackson Street 750 feet
- Grand Street & Madison Street 840 feet
- Jackson Street & Corlears Hook Park Path 890 feet
- FDR Drive & Delancey Street Pedestrian Overpass 930 feet
- Corlears Hook Park Path & Corlears Hook Park Overpass 970 feet
- Water Street & Jackson Street 970 feet
See every intersection along Cherry Street or FDR Drive.