Stanton Street & Ridge Street

Stanton Street and Ridge Street meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nathan Straus Playground is 280 feet away, and Tompkins Square Post Office is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Delancey St-Essex St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F, J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, eight of them schools, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
East Houston St/Av C · M9, M21
Within a walk
36 places
8 schools, 7 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stanton Street & Ridge 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 seven 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 2 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

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/Av C, 610 feet away, for the M9 and M21.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Av C M9, M21
    610 feet
    M9 M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Stanton Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitt St & Stanton St 15 docks in all
    340 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. 107 Essex Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ridge Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ridge Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Stanton Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Stanton Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 36 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 7 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Keswell School
    270 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  3. P.S. 140 Nathan Straus School
    400 feet
Show all 13
  1. Grand Street Settlement Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Manhattan Charter School
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    750 feet
  4. Cambridge Business Institute Trade or language school
    820 feet
  5. Escuela Hispana Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  6. Lower East Side Preparatory High School
    1,050 feet
  7. School for Global Leaders School
    1,050 feet
  8. Beth Jacob Elementary School
    1,240 feet
  9. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  10. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nathan Straus Playground
    280 feet
  2. Siempre Verde Garden
    330 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish Park
    350 feet
Show all 11
  1. Clinton Community Garden (LES) Garden
    470 feet
  2. Le Petit Versailles Garden
    570 feet
  3. Gustave Hartman Square
    810 feet
  4. Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden (Suffolk St. - Committee of Poor People) Garden
    830 feet
  5. Hamilton Fish Park Playground
    840 feet
  6. Children's Magical Garden
    1,030 feet
  7. Peach Tree Garden
    1,200 feet
  8. Hope Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stanton Street Shul Listed historic place
    370 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kenkeleba House Arts or cultural center
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Divino Maestro Pentecosta Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Monte Hermon Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Landmark
    380 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish Pool Swimming pool
    620 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Post Office
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ridge 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.