Rivington Street & Chrystie Street

Rivington Street and Chrystie Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. M'finda Kalunga Garden is 50 feet away, and Liz Christy Garden is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowery, is about three minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 140 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowery
730 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Bowery/Prince St · M103
Within a walk
30 places
9 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rivington Street & Chrystie Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowery, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery J, Z
    730 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 2 Av F
    1,120 feet
    F
  2. Grand St B, D
    1,190 feet
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Prince St, 570 feet away, for the M103.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Prince St M103 · Shelter
    570 feet
    M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Chrystie Street and Rivington Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rivington St & Chrystie St 64 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 167 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Chrystie Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Rivington Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Rivington Street

  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1830 and 1899.

  1. Bowery Mission Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Young Men's Institute Building Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. Germania Bank Building Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 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
    520 feet
  2. Cascades High School
    840 feet
  3. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Pathways Children's Services School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    50 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    50 feet
  3. Rivington St Playground
    60 feet
Show all 7
  1. Houston St Playground
    560 feet
  2. First Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Liz Christy Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. DeSalvio Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    820 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    430 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. New Museum
    750 feet
  3. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    380 feet
  2. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    710 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 140 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chrystie Street or Rivington Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.