Henry Street & Gouverneur Street

Henry Street and Gouverneur Street meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sol Lain Plgd is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Madison St/Gouverneur St · M22
Within a walk
32 places
10 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Gouverneur 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 seven minutes on foot.

  1. East Broadway F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Gouverneur St, 360 feet away, for the M22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Gouverneur St M22 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    360 feet
    M22
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Montgomery St 20 docks in all
    530 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
    2.6 miles
  2. 299 South Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2012.

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,200 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 1940 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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. (former) All Saints' Free Church Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Neighborhood Playhouse Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Henry Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    360 feet
  2. P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold School
    410 feet
  3. University Neighborhood High School
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Manhattan Charter School II School
    750 feet
  2. Orchard Collegiate Academy School
    750 feet
  3. University Neighborhood Middle School
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    50 feet
  2. Vladeck Houses Community Garden - Vladeck Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    490 feet
  3. Henry M. Jackson Playground
    590 feet
Show all 9
  1. Lillian D Wald Playground
    670 feet
  2. Vladeck Park
    740 feet
  3. Ahearn Park
    920 feet
  4. Vladeck Park Playground
    970 feet
  5. Luther Gulick Park
    1,280 feet
  6. Luther Gulick Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lillian Wald Residence Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Chapel Listed historic place
    350 feet
  3. Lower East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Gouverneur Hospital Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Bialystoker Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 334 Madison Street Older adult center
    690 feet
  2. Older adult center at 15 Willett Street Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gouverneur Street or Henry Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.