Mulberry Street & Hester Street

Mulberry Street and Hester Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Italian American Museum is 340 feet away, and Trust in God Baptist Church is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 14 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 234 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Bowery/Hester St · M103
Within a walk
29 places
11 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mulberry Street & Hester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 14 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    770 feet
    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. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

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 Bowery/Hester St, 810 feet away, for the M103.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Hester St M103
    810 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 86 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Howard St & Lafayette St 39 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1900 and 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on Mulberry Street (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 10am, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 10pm on Mulberry Street (west side).

North side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Mulberry Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 6PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102560, 103787, 104038, 105428, 106321 and 106652.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1824 and 1891.

  1. Odd Fellows Hall Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. New York City Police Headquarters Designated landmark
    770 feet
  3. Bowery Savings Bank Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 museums
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    320 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    890 feet
  2. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    890 feet
  3. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    940 feet
  2. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hester St Playground
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Italian American Museum
    340 feet
  2. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    420 feet
  3. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    610 feet
  2. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    300 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,020 feet
  2. Engine 55 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    570 feet
  3. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 234 places to eat and 44 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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