Grand Street & Essex Street

Grand Street and Essex Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Seward Park Extension development. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Seward Park Community Center is 210 feet away, and Straus Square is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about two minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 180 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Essex St/Grand St · L92, M9, M14A SBS
Within a walk
37 places
11 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Essex Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    600 feet
    F J M Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
4 lines
  1. F …
  2. J …
  3. M …
  4. Z …
Inbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. East Broadway F
    960 feet
    F
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Shad Crossing, Delancey Orchard” (2004) by Ming Fay at the Delancey St-Essex St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Essex St/Grand St, 70 feet away, for the L92, M9 and M14A SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/Grand St L92, M9, M14A SBS
    70 feet
    L92 M9 M14A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M9 …
  3. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Grand Street.

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.7 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
    810 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1,080 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2018

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)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Seward Park Extension development.

Since 2014 at least 544 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Essex Street

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

West side of Essex Street

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

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101060, 101061, 102518 and 106307.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Classical Revival. They were built between 1831 and 1886.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Essex Street Academy School
    300 feet
  3. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    300 feet
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  1. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    300 feet
  2. New Design High School
    300 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    300 feet
  4. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  5. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    890 feet
  6. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  7. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  8. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seward Park
    500 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    580 feet
  3. Straus Square
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet
  2. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. International Center of Photography Museum
    570 feet
  3. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    570 feet
Show all 6
  1. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    1,070 feet
  3. Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. St Teresa Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  3. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seward Park Community Center
    210 feet
  2. Older adult center at 175 Delancey Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    760 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    910 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 180 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Essex Street or Grand Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.