Rivington Street & Norfolk Street

Rivington Street and Norfolk Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. School for Global Leaders is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about two minutes on foot, for the F, J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 195 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
490 feet · 2 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Essex St/Rivington St · M9
Within a walk
36 places
8 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rivington Street & Norfolk Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    490 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
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 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 Essex St/Rivington St, 350 feet away, for the M9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rivington Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stanton St & Norfolk St 49 docks in all
    470 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 223 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 Norfolk Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-6PM

West side of Norfolk Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103298 and 106564.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic, and built between 1849 and 1850.

  1. Anshe Slonim Synagogue Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    400 feet
  2. School for Global Leaders School
    400 feet
  3. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    500 feet
Show all 14
  1. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    730 feet
  3. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    780 feet
  4. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  5. Manhattan Charter School
    960 feet
  6. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    960 feet
  7. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    1,050 feet
  8. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  9. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  10. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  11. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Children's Magical Garden
    430 feet
  2. Nathan Straus Playground
    680 feet
  3. ABC Playground
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    920 feet
  2. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    950 feet
  3. Siempre Verde Garden
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. International Center of Photography Museum
    1,080 feet
  2. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  3. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 175 Delancey Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    990 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
    910 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 195 places to eat and 27 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 Norfolk 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, 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.