Monroe Street & Catherine Street

Monroe 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alfred E. Smith Playground is 50 feet away, and the statue “Governor Alfred E. Smith Memorial” is 220 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 38 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Madison St/Catherine St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
38 places
13 religious buildings, 5 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe 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 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
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Catherine St, 300 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catherine St & Monroe St 35 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 0.3 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
    0.7 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,400 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 1915 and 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Catherine Street

  • 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

North side of Catherine Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Monroe Street

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

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, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and built between 1824 and 1903.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    560 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Alfred E. Smith Playground.

  1. Governor Alfred E. Smith Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1950
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    310 feet
  3. P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis School
    430 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    590 feet
  2. Acare Training Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    870 feet
  4. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  5. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    50 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    300 feet
  3. Tanahey Playground
    530 feet
Show all 9
  1. Coleman Playground
    740 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    840 feet
  3. St. James Triangle
    880 feet
  4. Kimlau Square
    920 feet
  5. James Madison Plaza
    1,120 feet
  6. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    910 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    1,010 feet
  3. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    600 feet
  3. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    730 feet
  2. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Catherine Street or Monroe 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.