Forsyth Street & Henry Street

Forsyth Street and Henry Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church is 520 feet away, and Chatham Square Library is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 58 public places, 28 of them religious buildings, and 99 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
East Broadway/Forsyth St · M9
Within a walk
58 places
28 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forsyth Street & Henry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    1,170 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
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Broadway/Forsyth St, 280 feet away, for the M9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Market St & Henry St 42 docks in all
    270 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
    2.4 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forsyth Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Forsyth Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Henry Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1817 and 1912.

  1. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 public places.

  • 28 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    300 feet
  2. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    620 feet
  3. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
Show all 12
  1. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    890 feet
  2. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    910 feet
  3. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Acare Training Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  5. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  6. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,110 feet
  7. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  8. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  9. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    170 feet
  2. Coleman Playground
    590 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,030 feet
Show all 8
  1. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Playground One Playground
    1,110 feet
  4. Tanahey Playground
    1,200 feet
  5. Straus Square
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    810 feet
  2. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    520 feet
  3. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    570 feet
Show all 9
  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    870 feet
  4. St Teresa Church House of worship
    970 feet
  5. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  6. Mariners Temple Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Rutgers Community Center
    990 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 99 places to eat and 31 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 Forsyth Street or Henry 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.