Henry Street & Catherine Street

Henry Street and Catherine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith is 130 feet away, and Columbus Park is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about eight minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 48 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 131 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
East Broadway/Catherine St · M9
Within a walk
48 places
18 religious buildings, 6 playgrounds and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Catherine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Broadway/Catherine St, 250 feet away, for the M9.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway/Catherine St M9 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    250 feet
    M9
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St James Pl & Oliver St 48 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Catherine Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Catherine Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Henry Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Henry Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100086.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1785 and 1903.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Kimlau Square.

  1. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    370 feet
  2. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    380 feet
  3. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 6 playgrounds
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    130 feet
  2. Acare Training Trade or language school
    300 feet
  3. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
Show all 11
  1. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    330 feet
  2. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  3. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  4. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    850 feet
  5. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  6. P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis School
    970 feet
  7. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  8. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground One Playground
    130 feet
  2. St. James Triangle
    370 feet
  3. Kimlau Square
    380 feet
Show all 10
  1. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    580 feet
  2. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    780 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    950 feet
  4. Tanahey Playground
    1,070 feet
  5. Columbus Park Playground
    1,120 feet
  6. James Madison Plaza
    1,150 feet
  7. Coleman Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    370 feet
  3. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    470 feet
Show all 6
  1. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    190 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    230 feet
  3. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    620 feet
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  1. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    800 feet
  4. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  5. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    1,120 feet
  2. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 131 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Catherine Street or Henry Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.