Mott Street & Mosco Street

Mott Street and Mosco Street 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. Zion English Lutheran, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 90 feet away, and Playground One is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about seven minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 168 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Worth St/Mott St · M22
Within a walk
39 places
13 religious buildings, 5 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mott Street & Mosco Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.3 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Worth St/Mott St, 360 feet away, for the M22.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Worth St/Mott St M22
    360 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St James Pl & Oliver St 48 docks in all
    590 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 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 10pm on Mott Street (east side).

North side of Mosco Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Mosco Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Mott Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100015.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1801 and 1903.

  1. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    90 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    410 feet
  2. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    430 feet
  3. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    920 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    700 feet
  2. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  4. Acare Training Trade or language school
    980 feet
  5. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park Playground
    260 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    270 feet
  3. Kimlau Square
    470 feet
Show all 8
  1. St. James Triangle
    730 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    860 feet
  3. Thomas Paine Park
    1,030 feet
  4. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,290 feet
  5. James Madison Plaza
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    590 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    470 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    1,100 feet
  2. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library · landmark
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    190 feet
  3. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    680 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    810 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    1,090 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    240 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 168 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mosco Street or Mott Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.