Rivington Street & Suffolk Street

Rivington Street and Suffolk Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lower East Side Preparatory High School is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F, J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 160 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Essex St/Rivington St · M9
Within a walk
33 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rivington Street & Suffolk Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    730 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
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.5 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, 600 feet away, for the M9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rivington Street and Suffolk Street.

  • 29 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. Suffolk St & Delancey St 62 docks in all
    430 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
    2.1 miles
  2. 107 Essex Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    830 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 214 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rivington Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rivington Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Suffolk Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Suffolk Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105172 and 105685.

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
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    240 feet
  2. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    310 feet
  3. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    370 feet
Show all 14
  1. School for Global Leaders School
    370 feet
  2. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    520 feet
  3. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  4. Manhattan Charter School
    720 feet
  5. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    720 feet
  6. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    800 feet
  7. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  8. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    980 feet
  9. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  10. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  11. Bright Horizons at Essex Crossings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nathan Straus Playground
    430 feet
  2. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    670 feet
  3. Children's Magical Garden
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    700 feet
  2. Siempre Verde Garden
    730 feet
  3. ABC Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Hope Garden
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Delancey Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    620 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    930 feet
  3. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 175 Delancey Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,230 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
    1,160 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 160 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Rivington Street or Suffolk 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.