Monroe Street & Mechanics Alley

Monroe Street and Mechanics Alley meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Coleman Playground is 30 feet away, and Playground One is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat. About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Madison St/Market St · M15, M22
Within a walk
30 places
16 religious buildings, 5 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Street & Mechanics Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. East Broadway F
    1,180 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Market St, 420 feet away, for the M15 and M22.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Monroe Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pike St & Monroe St 27 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 299 South Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 118 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  3. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coleman Playground
    30 feet
  2. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    570 feet
  3. Tanahey Playground
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    790 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Playground One Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    650 feet
  2. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    720 feet
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  1. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rutgers Community Center
    1,000 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mechanics Alley 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.