Madison Street & Catherine Street

Madison Street and Catherine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Playground One is 30 feet away, and Tanahey Playground is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about seven minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Madison St/Catherine St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
43 places
16 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Catherine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Catherine St, 110 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Catherine St M15 SBS
    110 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Catherine Street and Madison Street.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catherine St & Monroe St 35 docks in all
    330 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
    2.2 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 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 1910 and 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the lagerstroemia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and March 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Catherine Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Catherine Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Catherine Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100086.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1824 and 1845.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Alfred E. Smith Playground.

  1. Governor Alfred E. Smith Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1950
    450 feet
  2. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    600 feet
  3. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    320 feet
  3. Acare Training Trade or language school
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    580 feet
  2. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis School
    700 feet
  4. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  5. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  6. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground One Playground
    30 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    310 feet
  3. St. James Triangle
    640 feet
Show all 10
  1. Kimlau Square
    650 feet
  2. Tanahey Playground
    800 feet
  3. James Madison Plaza
    890 feet
  4. Coleman Playground
    1,010 feet
  5. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,030 feet
  6. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,110 feet
  7. Columbus Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    640 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    740 feet
  2. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    70 feet
  2. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    430 feet
  3. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    460 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,070 feet
  4. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 19 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 Catherine Street or Madison 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, 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.