South Street & Rutgers Slip

South Street and Rutgers Slip meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lower East Side People Care is 1,100 feet away, and Rutgers Community Center is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Pike St/South St · M15
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Street & Rutgers Slip Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. East Broadway F
    1,060 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pike St/South St, 900 feet away, for the M15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pike St/South St M15
    900 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. South St & Pike St 35 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 299 South Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022
  • 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
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
4 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 204 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rutgers Slip

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rutgers Slip

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of South Street

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of South Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hamilton - Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    under 10 feet
  2. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Coleman Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cherry Clinton Playground
    1,170 feet
  2. Little Flower Playground
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Basketball City Public space
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 4 Ambulance station
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  2. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 280 Cherry Street Older adult center
    930 feet
  2. Two Bridges Community Center
    1,110 feet
  3. Rutgers Community Center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rutgers Slip or South Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.