Forsyth Street & Division Street

Forsyth Street and Division Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church is 320 feet away, and Seward Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 57 public places, 24 of them religious buildings, and 151 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
East Broadway/Forsyth St · M9
Within a walk
57 places
24 religious buildings, 7 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forsyth Street & Division Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    1,160 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Broadway/Forsyth St, 250 feet away, for the M9.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway/Forsyth St M9
    250 feet
    M9

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Forsyth Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pike St & E Broadway 34 docks in all
    520 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
    2.3 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
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

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

Homes

About 2,300 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.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Moraine' sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Division Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Division Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Forsyth Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Forsyth Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1904.

  1. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 public places.

  • 24 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    490 feet
  3. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
Show all 13
  1. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Emma Lazarus High School
    900 feet
  3. M.S. 131 School
    900 feet
  4. Pace High School
    900 feet
  5. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
  6. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    1,030 feet
  7. Acare Training Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  8. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    1,080 feet
  9. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  10. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    370 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    580 feet
  3. Hester St Playground
    1,030 feet
Show all 8
  1. Coleman Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Straus Square
    1,150 feet
  3. Seward Park
    1,150 feet
  4. Seward Park Playground
    1,170 feet
  5. Kimlau Square
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    360 feet
  2. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet
  3. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    980 feet
  3. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    1,210 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    490 feet
  3. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    920 feet
Show all 9
  1. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. St Teresa Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  4. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,260 feet
  5. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  6. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    780 feet
  3. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 151 places to eat and 34 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Division Street or Forsyth Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.