Grand Street & Allen Street

Grand Street and Allen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,277 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sara D. Roosevelt Park is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 206 places to eat.

Safety record
36 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Allen St/Grand St · M15
Within a walk
39 places
14 religious buildings, 9 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Allen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    700 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. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    1,230 feet
    F J M Z
  2. East Broadway F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Grand St, 70 feet away, for the M15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Grand St M15 · Shelter
    70 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 19 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Orchard St & Grand St 45 docks in all
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 36 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,277 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 632nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 484 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,700 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.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101171, 101936, 102953, 102954 and 105045.

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 1831 and 1927.

  1. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 museums
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    670 feet
  3. Essex Street Academy School
    710 feet
Show all 13
  1. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    710 feet
  2. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    710 feet
  3. New Design High School
    710 feet
  4. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    710 feet
  5. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  6. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  7. Emma Lazarus High School
    1,060 feet
  8. M.S. 131 School
    1,060 feet
  9. Pace High School
    1,060 feet
  10. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    580 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Seward Park
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seward Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    640 feet
  3. International Center of Photography Museum
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seward Park Community Center
    860 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 206 places to eat and 41 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Allen Street or Grand Street.

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