Madison Street & Market Street

Madison Street and Market Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 24 of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Madison St/Market St · M15, M22
Within a walk
46 places
24 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Market Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    1,190 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Market St, 80 feet away, for the M15 and M22.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Market St M15, M22
    80 feet
    M15 M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Market St & Henry St 42 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.4 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 4 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 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Market Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Market Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1817 and 1904.

  1. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 24 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    890 feet
Show all 9
  1. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    1,010 feet
  3. Acare Training Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  4. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,050 feet
  5. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  6. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coleman Playground
    300 feet
  2. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    310 feet
  3. Tanahey Playground
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Playground One Playground
    750 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    470 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    310 feet
  3. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  4. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  5. Mariners Temple Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rutgers Community Center
    1,010 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Madison Street or Market 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.