Orchard Street & Hester Street

Orchard Street and Hester Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman is 120 feet away, and St Teresa Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 159 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
980 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Allen St/Hester St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
45 places
16 religious buildings, 9 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Orchard Street & Hester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    980 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Hester St, 250 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Hester St M15 SBS · Shelter
    250 feet
    M15 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Allen St & Hester St 117 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    810 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
36 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2022 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hester Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Hester Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Orchard Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Orchard Street

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103341, 104816 and 105047.

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, recorded most often as Classical Revival. They were built between 1831 and 1927.

  1. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    530 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    560 feet
  2. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    120 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. Emma Lazarus High School
    780 feet
Show all 12
  1. M.S. 131 School
    780 feet
  2. Pace High School
    780 feet
  3. Essex Street Academy School
    990 feet
  4. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    990 feet
  5. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    990 feet
  6. New Design High School
    990 feet
  7. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    990 feet
  8. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  9. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seward Park
    510 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    600 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hester St Playground
    770 feet
  2. Straus Square
    950 feet
  3. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    1,060 feet
  3. International Center of Photography Museum
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. Lower East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. St Teresa Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    570 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Seward Park Community Center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 159 places to eat and 27 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 Orchard 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.