Rivington Street & Pitt Street

Rivington Street and Pitt Street meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Gompers development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hamilton Fish Park is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F, J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
East Houston St/Ridge St · M9, M21
Within a walk
32 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rivington Street & Pitt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

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 East Houston St/Ridge St, 960 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Ridge St M9, M21
    960 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Rivington Street.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rivington St & Ridge St 61 docks in all
    250 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 miles
  2. 107 Essex Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.4 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.

  • 3 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 April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024
  • 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
2
Police precinct
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1930 and 1966.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Gompers development.

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

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Bloodgood' London planetree and the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Pitt Street

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rivington Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rivington Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1898 and 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    10 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  3. Keswell School
    450 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    480 feet
  2. Manhattan Charter School
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    580 feet
  4. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  5. Beth Jacob Elementary School
    1,050 feet
  6. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  7. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Fish Park
    490 feet
  2. Nathan Straus Playground
    520 feet
  3. Luther Gulick Park
    920 feet
Show all 9
  1. Gustave Hartman Square
    1,010 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Siempre Verde Garden
    1,050 feet
  4. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    1,170 feet
  5. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    1,180 feet
  6. Luther Gulick Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. New East Side Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bialystoker Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Landmark
    670 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    800 feet
  3. Older adult center at 15 Willett Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pitt 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.