Hester Street & Baxter Street

Hester Street and Baxter Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Louis F. De Salvio by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, and 14 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 208 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Centre St/Grand St · M1
Within a walk
30 places
10 religious buildings, 4 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hester Street & Baxter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 14 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    520 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Centre St/Grand St, 870 feet away, for the M1.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Centre St/Grand St M1
    870 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 71 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Howard St & Lafayette St 39 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Louis F. De Salvio, a co-naming enacted on October 29, 1993 (Local Law 82 of 1993).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Louis F. De Salvio.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Hester Street (south side).

East side of Baxter Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPT OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Baxter Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103785, 104040, 105233, 105519 and 105520.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 62 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1853 and 1891.

  1. Odd Fellows Hall Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. New York City Police Headquarters Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 courthouses
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    150 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  4. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    840 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    940 feet
  3. Collect Pond Park
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Petrosino Square
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    360 feet
  2. Italian American Museum
    590 feet
  3. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    720 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    1,090 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    820 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 208 places to eat and 41 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baxter Street or Hester 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.