Rivington Street & Allen Street

Rivington Street and Allen Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sara D. Roosevelt Park is 570 feet away, and Lower East Side Preparatory High School is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 254 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Allen St/Delancey St · B39, M15
Within a walk
31 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rivington Street & Allen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    940 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    1,020 feet
    F J M Z
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Delancey St, 360 feet away, for the B39 and M15.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Delancey St B39, M15 · Countdown sign
    360 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.

  • 59 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
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two 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 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,900 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 133 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Allen Street

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

West side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Rivington Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rivington Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101860, 102652 and 105360.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical and Federal, one each, and built between 1830 and 1927.

  1. Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 9 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
    310 feet
  2. Cascades High School
    1,020 feet
  3. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,290 feet
  2. School for Global Leaders School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    570 feet
  2. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    580 feet
  3. Rivington St Playground
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Peretz Square
    1,030 feet
  2. First Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Houston St Playground
    1,080 feet
  4. First Park Playground
    1,090 feet
  5. Children's Magical Garden
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    490 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    670 feet
  3. Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street Listed historic place
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. International Center of Photography Museum
    1,020 feet
  2. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    500 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    740 feet
  3. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    840 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 254 places to eat and 22 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 Allen 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.