Rivington Street & Freeman Alley

Rivington Street and Freeman Alley meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rivington St Playground is 210 feet away, and First Park is 1,150 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 33 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 123 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowery
860 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Bowery/Prince St · M103
Within a walk
33 places
10 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rivington Street & Freeman Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowery, 860 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
    860 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
    1,270 feet
    F
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Prince St, 420 feet away, for the M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rivington Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rivington St & Chrystie St 64 docks in all
    250 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 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 May 2024.

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

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,600 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 108 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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
    240 feet
  2. Young Men's Institute Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. Germania Bank Building Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 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
    670 feet
  2. Cascades High School
    990 feet
  3. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  2. Pathways Children's Services School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    200 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    200 feet
  3. Rivington St Playground
    210 feet
Show all 7
  1. Houston St Playground
    710 feet
  2. DeSalvio Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. First Park
    1,150 feet
  4. Liz Christy Garden
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    680 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. New Museum
    600 feet
  3. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    530 feet
  2. Community center at Lower East Side I Infill Community center
    860 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  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
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 123 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 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.