Henry Street & Montgomery Street

Henry Street and Montgomery Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. The corner is also named Paul Ramos Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Orchard Collegiate Academy is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Madison St/Montgomery St · M22
Within a walk
46 places
13 religious buildings, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Montgomery Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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
    0.5 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Montgomery St, 400 feet away, for the M22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Montgomery St M22 · Shelter
    400 feet
    M22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Montgomery St 20 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 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
    1,300 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

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)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Paul Ramos Way, a co-naming enacted on February 18, 2003 (Local Law 14 of 2003).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Paul Ramos Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Henry Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Henry Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1827 and 1854.

  1. Henry Street Settlement Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. (former) All Saints' Free Church Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 parks
  • 6 playgrounds
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Charter School II School
    410 feet
  2. Orchard Collegiate Academy School
    410 feet
  3. University Neighborhood Middle School
    410 feet
Show all 9
  1. Henry Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold School
    750 feet
  3. University Neighborhood High School
    830 feet
  4. P.S. 184m Shuang Wen School
    1,070 feet
  5. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Beth Jacob Elementary School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    300 feet
  2. Lillian D Wald Playground
    590 feet
  3. Ahearn Park
    670 feet
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  1. Vladeck Houses Community Garden - Vladeck Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    830 feet
  2. Henry M. Jackson Playground
    930 feet
  3. Little Flower Playground
    1,030 feet
  4. Vladeck Park
    1,080 feet
  5. Cherry Clinton Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,150 feet
  7. Seward Park
    1,190 feet
  8. Pier 42 Park
    1,270 feet
  9. Luther Gulick Park
    1,300 feet
  10. Vladeck Park Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Basketball City Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. New Gouverneur Hospital SNF Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lower East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. Lillian Wald Residence Listed historic place
    300 feet
  3. St. Augustine's Chapel Listed historic place
    690 feet
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  1. Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Seward Park Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. Bialystoker Synagogue Listed historic place
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 334 Madison Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet
  2. Older adult center at 15 Willett Street Older adult center
    1,060 feet
  3. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 4/Engine 15/Ladder 18 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Street or Montgomery 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.