FDR Drive & Gouverneur Slip East

FDR Drive and Gouverneur Slip East meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Pier 42 is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Madison St/Gouverneur St, is 900 feet away for the M22, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them parks. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,220 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Madison St/Gouverneur St · M22
Within a walk
20 places
5 parks, 5 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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FDR Drive & Gouverneur Slip East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Gouverneur St, 900 feet away, for the M22.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Gouverneur St M22
    900 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Montgomery St 20 docks in all
    1,240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 1,220 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.9 miles
  2. 299 South Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    560 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1940 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the shingle oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Neighborhood High School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 184m Shuang Wen School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vladeck Houses Community Garden - Vladeck Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    320 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    390 feet
  3. Lillian D Wald Playground
    520 feet
Show all 11
  1. Pier 42 Park
    540 feet
  2. Vladeck Park
    560 feet
  3. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    580 feet
  4. Corlears Hook Park
    790 feet
  5. Vladeck Park Playground
    880 feet
  6. Pier 42 Playground
    1,000 feet
  7. Cherry Clinton Playground
    1,130 feet
  8. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Basketball City Public space
    540 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 4 Ambulance station
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gouverneur Hospital Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Chapel Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. Lower East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 334 Madison Street Older adult center
    900 feet
  2. Two Bridges Community Center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along FDR Drive or Gouverneur Slip East.

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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.