Stanton Street & Pitt Street

Stanton Street and Pitt Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Gompers development. The corner is also named Marie Christopher Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Keswell School is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F, J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
East Houston St/Ridge St · M9, M21
Within a walk
39 places
11 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stanton Street & Pitt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    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 …

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 East Houston St/Ridge St, 520 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Ridge St M9, M21
    520 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Stanton Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitt St & Stanton St 15 docks in all
    80 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

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
17 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Marie Christopher Way, a co-naming enacted on July 9, 2014 (Local Law 34 of 2014).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Marie Christopher Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and April 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Pitt Street

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pitt Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Stanton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Stanton Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM ALL DAYS

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 39 public places.

  • 11 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Keswell School
    90 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    660 feet
  2. Manhattan Charter School
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    1,020 feet
  4. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  5. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  6. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,310 feet
  7. School for Global Leaders School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Fish Park
    90 feet
  2. Nathan Straus Playground
    540 feet
  3. Gustave Hartman Square
    560 feet
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  1. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    580 feet
  2. Siempre Verde Garden
    590 feet
  3. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    720 feet
  4. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    730 feet
  5. Peach Tree Garden
    950 feet
  6. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    1,090 feet
  7. All People's Garden, Inc. Garden
    1,190 feet
  8. Secret Garden
    1,190 feet
  9. Brisas Del Caribe Garden
    1,200 feet
  10. Kenkeleba Memory Garden
    1,200 feet
  11. Parque De Tranquilidad Garden
    1,200 feet
  12. Children's Magical Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    630 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Landmark
    220 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    360 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Post Office
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 28/Ladder 11 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  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 38 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pitt 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, NYC Records, 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.