Henry Street & Rutgers Street

Henry Street and Rutgers Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground is 60 feet away, and St Teresa Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 86 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
220 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Essex St/East Broadway · M9
Within a walk
46 places
19 religious buildings, 6 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Rutgers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    220 feet
    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
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Essex St/East Broadway, 280 feet away, for the M9.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/East Broadway M9 · Countdown sign
    280 feet
    M9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rutgers St & Henry St 40 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.4 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 September 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)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Henry Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Henry Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Rutgers Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rutgers Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100133.

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, and mostly built between 1908 and 1912.

  1. Forward Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    580 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    300 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    580 feet
  3. Fiorello H. La Guardia Bust by Jo Davidson, 1957
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    150 feet
  2. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    430 feet
  3. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    530 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    540 feet
  2. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Manhattan Charter School II School
    1,190 feet
  4. Orchard Collegiate Academy School
    1,190 feet
  5. University Neighborhood Middle School
    1,190 feet
  6. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,250 feet
  7. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    60 feet
  2. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    130 feet
  3. Straus Square
    290 feet
Show all 9
  1. Seward Park
    420 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    440 feet
  3. Little Flower Playground
    590 feet
  4. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,140 feet
  5. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,250 feet
  6. Coleman Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    610 feet

Health care

  1. New Gouverneur Hospital SNF Nursing home or hospice
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seward Park Library Landmark
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Teresa Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    160 feet
  3. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rutgers Community Center
    570 feet
  2. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    680 feet
  3. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 280 Cherry Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 86 places to eat and 23 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:

See every intersection along Henry Street or Rutgers 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.