Spring Street & Bowery

Spring Street and Bowery meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Germania Bank Building, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 140 feet away, and the Division 1/Ladder 20 firehouse is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowery, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 193 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowery
360 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Bowery/Spring St · M103
Within a walk
31 places
8 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Spring Street & Bowery Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowery, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery J, Z
    360 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. Spring St 6
    960 feet
    6
  2. Grand St B, D
    1,220 feet
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Spring St, 30 feet away, for the M103.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Spring St M103
    30 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kenmare St & Elizabeth St 54 docks in all
    510 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm on Bowery (east side).

West side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Spring Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Spring Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101997 and 103829.

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and mostly built between 1876 and 1899.

  1. Germania Bank Building Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Young Men's Institute Building Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. Bowery Mission Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 fire stations
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DeSalvio Playground
    650 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    670 feet
  3. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    700 feet
Show all 7
  1. Rivington St Playground
    710 feet
  2. Houston St Playground
    1,200 feet
  3. Petrosino Square
    1,230 feet
  4. Liz Christy Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    170 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. New Museum
    630 feet
  3. Westchester House Listed historic place
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    760 feet
  2. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    900 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station · landmark
    950 feet
  2. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  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 193 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowery or Spring 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.