FDR Drive & Grand Street

FDR Drive and Grand Street meet at a five-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 54 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Corlears Hook Park is 370 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand St/Fdr Dr, is 60 feet away for the M21, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and one place to eat.

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FDR Drive & Grand Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Fdr Dr, 60 feet away, for the M21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Fdr Dr M21
    60 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on FDR Drive and Grand Street.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Grand St 36 docks in all
    1,050 feet

By car

A ramp to the FDR Drive southbound starts at this corner.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 54 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 32 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three 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

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. East River Child Development Center Preschool
    640 feet
  2. East River Child Devlp Cntr - 570 School
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corlears Hook Park
    370 feet
  2. Lower East Side Ecology Center Environmental Learning Center in John V. Lindsay East River Park Park feature
    430 feet
  3. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    660 feet
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  1. Corlears Hook Park Playground
    1,010 feet
  2. Henry M. Jackson Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Sidney Hillman Playground
    1,120 feet
  4. Vladeck Park
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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