Grand Street & Norfolk Street

Grand Street and Norfolk Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Seward Park Extension development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy is 540 feet away, and New York Public Library, Seward Park Branch stands 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F, J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 128 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Grand St/Essex St · L92, M14A SBS
Within a walk
28 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Norfolk Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 800 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
    800 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
    1,200 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 Grand St/Essex St, 160 feet away, for the L92 and M14A SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Grand Street.

  • 51 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. Norfolk St & Broome St 59 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.6 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
    1,050 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024
  • 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
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 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 876 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS

East side of Norfolk Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Norfolk Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106307.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1909.

  1. New York Public Library, Seward Park Branch Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged Designated landmark
    820 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
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 museums
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  2. Essex Street Academy School
    540 feet
  3. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    540 feet
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  1. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    540 feet
  2. New Design High School
    540 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    540 feet
  4. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  6. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,130 feet
  7. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,240 feet
  8. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seward Park
    740 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    820 feet
  3. Straus Square
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. International Center of Photography Museum
    810 feet
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  1. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seward Park Community Center
    240 feet
  2. Older adult center at 175 Delancey Street Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    860 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    530 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    670 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    480 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 128 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Street or Norfolk 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.