Grand Street & Forsyth Street

Grand Street and Forsyth Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 180 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
160 feet · 1 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Grand St/Chrystie St · T232
Within a walk
44 places
14 religious buildings, 9 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Forsyth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    160 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
    1,160 feet
    J Z
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Chrystie St, 190 feet away, for the T232.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Chrystie St T232
    190 feet
    T232

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Street.

  • 72 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. Forsyth St & Grand St 63 docks in all
    50 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 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    630 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 125 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Grand Street (south side).

East side of Forsyth Street

  • Metered parking 4 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • 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 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grand Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102999, 103000, 104419 and 104420.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival. They were built between 1869 and 1927.

  1. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. Bowery Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Bowery Savings Bank Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 fire stations
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. Emma Lazarus High School
    650 feet
  3. M.S. 131 School
    650 feet
Show all 14
  1. Pace High School
    650 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  4. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  5. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,200 feet
  6. Essex Street Academy School
    1,240 feet
  7. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    1,240 feet
  8. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    1,240 feet
  9. New Design High School
    1,240 feet
  10. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    1,240 feet
  11. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    50 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    470 feet
  3. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rivington St Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet
  2. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    680 feet
  2. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    980 feet
  3. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    1,220 feet
  2. Engine 55 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 180 places to eat and 46 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forsyth 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.