Walker Street & Baxter Street

Walker Street and Baxter Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Columbus Park is 490 feet away, and Artists Space is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 178 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
330 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Broadway/Walker St · X27, X28
Within a walk
35 places
11 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Walker Street & Baxter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    330 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Walker St, 1,020 feet away, for the X27 and X28.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Walker St X27, X28
    1,020 feet
    X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

  1. X27 …
  2. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walker St & Baxter St 47 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1910 and 1915.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and June 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Baxter Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Baxter Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLE ONLY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DISTRICT ATTORNEY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO NYSJ
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Walker Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Walker Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102245 and 104447.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 26 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were built between 1802 and 1963.

  1. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    600 feet
  3. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    710 feet
  2. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    490 feet
  2. Collect Pond Park
    800 feet
  3. Columbus Park Playground
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    810 feet
  3. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Italian American Museum
    1,020 feet
  2. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  4. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    670 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    690 feet
  3. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 178 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baxter Street or Walker Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.