Ludlow Street & Rivington Street

Ludlow Street and Rivington Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The corner is also named Beastie Boys Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. International Center of Photography Museum is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about two minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, eight of them schools, and 227 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
610 feet · 2 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Essex St/Rivington St · M9
Within a walk
36 places
8 schools, 6 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ludlow Street & Rivington Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    610 feet
    F J M Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
4 lines
  1. F …
  2. J …
  3. M …
  4. Z …
Inbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 2 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Shad Crossing, Delancey Orchard” (2004) by Ming Fay at the Delancey St-Essex St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Essex St/Rivington St, 320 feet away, for the M9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rivington Street.

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Allen St & Rivington St 42 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 107 Essex Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    1,170 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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)
Lower East Side
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Beastie Boys Square, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 200 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Beastie Boys Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ludlow Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ludlow Street

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

North side of Rivington Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of Rivington Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103075 and 103705.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, and built between 1830 and 1831.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    880 feet
  3. School for Global Leaders School
    880 feet
Show all 12
  1. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    950 feet
  2. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  3. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  4. Essex Street Academy School
    1,140 feet
  5. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    1,140 feet
  6. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    1,140 feet
  7. New Design High School
    1,140 feet
  8. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    1,140 feet
  9. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Children's Magical Garden
    780 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    980 feet
  3. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. Rivington St Playground
    990 feet
  2. Peretz Square
    1,100 feet
  3. Nathan Straus Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. ABC Playground
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. International Center of Photography Museum
    750 feet
  3. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    790 feet
  2. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    910 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet
  3. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    600 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    440 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 227 places to eat and 31 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 Ludlow Street or Rivington Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, 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.