Rivington Street & Attorney Street

Rivington Street and Attorney Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nathan Straus Playground is 30 feet away, and P.S. 142 Amalia Castro is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F, J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 85 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
Essex St/Rivington St · M9
Within a walk
32 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rivington Street & Attorney Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    1,240 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
    0.5 miles
    F

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 Essex St/Rivington St, 1,100 feet away, for the M9.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/Rivington St M9
    1,100 feet
    M9

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rivington Street.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rivington St & Ridge St 61 docks in all
    290 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 107 Essex Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 February 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)
Lower East Side
Elevation
22 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.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Rivington Street (north side).

East side of Attorney Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Attorney Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Rivington Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102458.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Charter School
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    210 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
Show all 15
  1. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    300 feet
  2. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    530 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
  4. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  5. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    740 feet
  6. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    820 feet
  7. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    880 feet
  8. School for Global Leaders School
    880 feet
  9. Keswell School
    970 feet
  10. Beth Jacob Elementary School
    1,040 feet
  11. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  12. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nathan Straus Playground
    30 feet
  2. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    700 feet
  3. Siempre Verde Garden
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hamilton Fish Park
    1,010 feet
  2. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Children's Magical Garden
    1,180 feet
  4. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 175 Delancey Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 4/Engine 15/Ladder 18 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  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
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 85 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Attorney 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.