Forsyth Street & Hester Street

Forsyth Street and Hester Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sara D. Roosevelt Park is 50 feet away, and Emma Lazarus High School is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 148 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Allen St/Hester St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
31 places
13 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forsyth Street & Hester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    630 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Bowery J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. East Broadway F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Hester St, 530 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Hester St M15 SBS · Shelter
    530 feet
    M15 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forsyth St & Canal St 29 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2020.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1913.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 130 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forsyth Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION 6AM-11PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Forsyth Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Hester Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101928, 104420 and 107671.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival. They were built between 1869 and 1887.

  1. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    640 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
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Lazarus High School
    180 feet
  2. M.S. 131 School
    180 feet
  3. Pace High School
    180 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    840 feet
  2. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  4. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    50 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    60 feet
  3. Seward Park
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seward Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  3. Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 148 places to eat and 32 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forsyth Street or Hester Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.