Ludlow Street & Hester Street

Ludlow Street and Hester Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. The fountain “Jacob H. Schiff Fountain” is 370 feet away, and Hester St Playground is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 54 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 154 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
750 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Essex St/Canal St · M9
Within a walk
54 places
19 religious buildings, 10 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ludlow Street & Hester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    750 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
    1,290 feet
    F J M Z
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Bus

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

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/Canal St M9
    280 feet
    M9

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Allen St & Hester St 117 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2022 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ludlow Street

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101062, 101063 and 105105.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1912.

  1. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. Forward Building Designated landmark
    770 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Seward Park.

  1. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    370 feet
  2. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    200 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Essex Street Academy School
    760 feet
Show all 15
  1. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    760 feet
  2. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    760 feet
  3. New Design High School
    760 feet
  4. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    760 feet
  5. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  6. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  7. Emma Lazarus High School
    1,000 feet
  8. M.S. 131 School
    1,000 feet
  9. Pace High School
    1,000 feet
  10. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet
  11. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    1,130 feet
  12. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seward Park
    290 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    370 feet
  3. Straus Square
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    980 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    990 feet
  3. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    1,000 feet
  4. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. International Center of Photography Museum
    920 feet
  2. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
Show all 7
  1. Seward Park Library Landmark
    1,230 feet
  2. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  4. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    900 feet
  2. St Teresa Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    800 feet
  3. Seward Park Community Center
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,280 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 154 places to eat and 35 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 Hester Street or Ludlow 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.