Grand Street & Pitt Street

Grand Street and Pitt Street meet at a five-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Neighborhood Playhouse, one of ten Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 160 feet away, and Lillian D Wald Playground is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

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Grand Street & Pitt Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Pitt St, 60 feet away, for the L92 and M14A SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Pitt St L92, M14A SBS
    60 feet
    L92 M14A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Grand Street and Samuel Dickstein Plaza.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand St & Samuel Dickstein Plaza 81 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.5 miles
  2. 299 South Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1949 and 1972.

Since 2014 at least 436 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grand Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Grand Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pitt Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Pitt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Samuel Dickstein Plaza

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Samuel Dickstein Plaza

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 13 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1827 and 1834.

  1. Neighborhood Playhouse Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. (former) All Saints' Free Church Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold School
    560 feet
  2. Beth Jacob Elementary School
    660 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 10
  1. Manhattan Charter School II School
    1,010 feet
  2. Orchard Collegiate Academy School
    1,010 feet
  3. University Neighborhood Middle School
    1,010 feet
  4. Henry Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    1,220 feet
  5. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  6. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet
  7. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ahearn Park
    240 feet
  2. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    360 feet
  3. Luther Gulick Park
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Luther Gulick Park Playground
    920 feet
  2. Henry M. Jackson Playground
    970 feet
  3. Lillian D Wald Playground
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. New East Side Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Lillian Wald Residence Listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. Lower East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. St. Augustine's Chapel Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bialystoker Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    310 feet
  3. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 15 Willett Street Older adult center
    450 feet
  2. Older adult center at 175 Delancey Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 4/Engine 15/Ladder 18 Fire station
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    890 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    410 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.