Henry Street & Oliver Street

Henry Street and Oliver Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mariners Temple Baptist Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about seven minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 122 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Madison St/Oliver St · M15
Within a walk
45 places
17 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Oliver Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. East Broadway F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.5 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Oliver St, 320 feet away, for the M15.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Oliver St M15
    320 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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
    270 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
    2.1 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Henry Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Henry Street

  • No parking 2 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

East side of Oliver Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1801 and 1845.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    760 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
    260 feet
  2. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    290 feet
  3. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    200 feet
  2. Acare Training Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
Show all 10
  1. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    570 feet
  2. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    920 feet
  4. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  5. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,060 feet
  6. P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis School
    1,190 feet
  7. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. James Triangle
    120 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    130 feet
  3. Kimlau Square
    190 feet
Show all 10
  1. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    570 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    710 feet
  3. Columbus Park Playground
    880 feet
  4. James Madison Plaza
    940 feet
  5. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,030 feet
  6. Thomas Paine Park
    1,270 feet
  7. Tanahey Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    280 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    110 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    910 feet
  3. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    960 feet
  4. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  5. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    940 feet
  2. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 122 places to eat and 20 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 Henry Street or Oliver 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.