Grand Street & Ludlow Street

Grand Street and Ludlow Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Essex Street Academy is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 198 places to eat. About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Essex St/Grand St · M9
Within a walk
31 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Ludlow Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 830 feet from this corner, about three 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
    830 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. Grand St B, D
    1,100 feet
    B D
  2. East Broadway F
    1,210 feet
    F

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, 260 feet away, for the M9.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/Grand St M9
    260 feet
    M9

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 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
    270 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
    2.1 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    570 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1,320 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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)
Lower East Side
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 327 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • 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
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Ludlow Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF EDUCATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101061, 101062 and 101228.

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 1831 and 1927.

  1. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    680 feet

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
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 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. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  5. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    660 feet
  6. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seward Park
    740 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    820 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Straus Square
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. International Center of Photography Museum
    460 feet
  2. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    830 feet
  3. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seward Park Community Center
    450 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    820 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 198 places to eat and 36 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Grand Street or Ludlow 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.