Madison Street & Rutgers Street

Madison Street and Rutgers Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Rutgers development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lower East Side People Care is 110 feet away, and Trinity Assembly of God Church is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 65 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
80 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Madison St/Rutgers St · M22
Within a walk
37 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Rutgers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    80 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
    0.4 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Rutgers St, 130 feet away, for the M22.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Rutgers St M22 · Countdown sign
    130 feet
    M22
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Madison Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rutgers St & Henry St 40 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.5 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 204 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Exclamation' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Rutgers Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rutgers Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1903 and 1927.

  1. Forward Building Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    700 feet
  3. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    790 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    570 feet
  2. Fiorello H. La Guardia Bust by Jo Davidson, 1957
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    420 feet
  2. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    630 feet
  3. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    800 feet
  2. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  3. Hamilton - Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  4. Manhattan Charter School II School
    1,220 feet
  5. Orchard Collegiate Academy School
    1,220 feet
  6. University Neighborhood Middle School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    110 feet
  2. Little Flower Playground
    320 feet
  3. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    330 feet
Show all 8
  1. Straus Square
    560 feet
  2. Seward Park
    690 feet
  3. Seward Park Playground
    720 feet
  4. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    980 feet
  5. Coleman Playground
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet

Health care

  1. New Gouverneur Hospital SNF Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seward Park Library Landmark
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    280 feet
  2. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    300 feet
  3. St Teresa Church House of worship
    350 feet
Show all 4
  1. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rutgers Community Center
    300 feet
  2. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    940 feet
  3. Older adult center at 280 Cherry Street Older adult center
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Madison Street or Rutgers 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.