Stanton Street & Columbia Street

Stanton Street and Columbia Street meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Baruch development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hamilton Fish Park Library is 370 feet away, and Orchard Alley is 1,030 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Columbia St/Rivington St, is 360 feet away for the M14D SBS and M21. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them playgrounds, and two places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Columbia St/Rivington St · M14D SBS, M21
Within a walk
22 places
4 playgrounds, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stanton Street & Columbia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Rivington St, 360 feet away, for the M14D SBS and M21.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Rivington St M14D SBS, M21 · Shelter
    360 feet
    M14D SBS M21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Columbia Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E Houston St & Columbia St 51 docks in all
    480 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, June 2021
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,700 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 1962 and 1966.

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

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Redmond' American linden.

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 22 public places.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math High School
    370 feet
  2. Dewitt Reformed Church Preschool · Pre-K
    500 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Dewitt Headstart School
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 188 the Island School
    1,010 feet
  2. NY Center for Child Dev Grand St Set School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Fish Park
    290 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    700 feet
  3. Gustave Hartman Square
    1,000 feet
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  1. Wald Playground
    1,010 feet
  2. Orchard Alley Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Luther Gulick Park
    1,120 feet
  4. Luther Gulick Park Playground
    1,170 feet
  5. Baruch Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Fish Park Library
    370 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lutowisker Chevra Synagogues House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Western Orthodox Hispanic Church St Isidoro & St Leandro House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    590 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Landmark
    760 feet
  3. Older adult center at 12 Avenue D Older adult center
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Community center at Baruch Community center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Columbia Street or Stanton 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.