Orchard Street & Rivington Street

Orchard Street and Rivington Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lower East Side Tenement Museum is 620 feet away, and Rivington St Playground is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 235 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Allen St/Delancey St · B39, M15
Within a walk
36 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Orchard Street & Rivington Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    840 feet
    F J M Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
4 lines
  1. F …
  2. J …
  3. M …
  4. Z …
Inbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 2 Av F
    1,120 feet
    F
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Shad Crossing, Delancey Orchard” (2004) by Ming Fay at the Delancey St-Essex St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Delancey St, 470 feet away, for the B39 and M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Delancey St B39, M15 · Countdown sign
    470 feet
    B39 M15
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B39 …
  2. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rivington Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Allen St & Rivington St 42 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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)
Lower East Side
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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 200 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Orchard Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Orchard Street

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

North side of Rivington Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rivington Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103705 and 106317.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, and built between 1830 and 1831.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,110 feet
  3. School for Global Leaders School
    1,110 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    1,170 feet
  2. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,200 feet
  3. Cascades High School
    1,200 feet
  4. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    1,200 feet
  5. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  6. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    750 feet
  2. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    750 feet
  3. Rivington St Playground
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. Children's Magical Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Peretz Square
    1,010 feet
  3. First Park
    1,220 feet
  4. Houston St Playground
    1,260 feet
  5. First Park Playground
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    620 feet
  3. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. International Center of Photography Museum
    840 feet
  2. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    680 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    920 feet
  3. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    660 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    880 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 235 places to eat and 30 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Orchard Street or Rivington 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.