Madison Street & Oliver Street

Madison Street and Oliver Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Chinese United Methodist Church is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about eight minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 48 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Madison St/Oliver St · M15, M22
Within a walk
48 places
16 religious buildings, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Oliver 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 eight 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
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Oliver St, 60 feet away, for the M15 and M22.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Oliver St M15, M22 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    60 feet
    M15 M22
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Madison Street.

  • 12 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
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1,250 feet 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 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 September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,700 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 1918 and 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the lagerstroemia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Oliver Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Oliver Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival, and built between 1835 and 1903.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    210 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
    430 feet
  2. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    540 feet
  3. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 playgrounds
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    330 feet
  2. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  3. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    780 feet
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  1. Acare Training Trade or language school
    800 feet
  2. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis School
    910 feet
  4. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  6. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  7. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    1,200 feet
  8. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    1,200 feet
  9. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    1,200 feet
  10. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground One Playground
    50 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    290 feet
  3. St. James Triangle
    410 feet
Show all 10
  1. Kimlau Square
    470 feet
  2. James Madison Plaza
    650 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    990 feet
  4. Tanahey Playground
    1,010 feet
  5. Columbus Park Playground
    1,160 feet
  6. Coleman Playground
    1,220 feet
  7. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    1,140 feet
  2. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    560 feet
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  1. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    870 feet
  2. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    390 feet
  3. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    660 feet
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  1. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,190 feet
  4. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Madison Street or Oliver Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.