Stanton Street & Essex Street

Stanton Street and Essex Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 020 Anna Silver is 260 feet away, and Nathan Straus Playground is 1,090 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 34 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 224 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Essex Street, 6am to 3pm.

Safety record
16 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
820 feet · 3 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Essex St/East Houston St · M9
Within a walk
34 places
6 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stanton Street & Essex Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    820 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
    1,140 feet
    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/East Houston St, 360 feet away, for the M9.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/East Houston St M9
    360 feet
    M9

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Essex Street carries a bus lane, 6am to 3pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Stanton Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stanton St & Norfolk St 49 docks in all
    220 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 116 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Essex Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Essex Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FRI-SUN MIDNIGHT-6AM

North side of Stanton Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Stanton Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103920, 104491 and 107134.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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
    340 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in ABC Playground.

  1. Large Coqui Sculpture by Tom Otterness, 2007
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    260 feet
  2. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    530 feet
  3. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. School for Global Leaders School
    530 feet
  2. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Elements Nursery Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,180 feet
  4. Cascades High School
    1,220 feet
  5. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    1,220 feet
  6. Elements Preschool Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Children's Magical Garden
    110 feet
  2. ABC Playground
    460 feet
  3. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    710 feet
Show all 13
  1. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    770 feet
  2. Peretz Square
    900 feet
  3. Siempre Verde Garden
    930 feet
  4. Nathan Straus Playground
    1,090 feet
  5. Hope Garden
    1,100 feet
  6. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,220 feet
  7. First Park
    1,230 feet
  8. McKinley Playground
    1,260 feet
  9. Houston St Playground
    1,280 feet
  10. First Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. International Center of Photography Museum
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    890 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 224 places to eat and 34 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 Essex Street or Stanton 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.