Williamsburg Bridge & Delancey Street at Sheriff Street

Williamsburg Bridge, Delancey Street and Sheriff Street meet at an eight-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Neighborhood Playhouse, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 700 feet away, and St Marys RC Church is 1,240 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 28 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Delancey St-Essex St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Delancey St/Columbia St · M14D SBS, M21
Within a walk
28 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsburg Bridge & Delancey Street at Sheriff Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Delancey St-Essex St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.3 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 Delancey St/Columbia St, 380 feet away, for the M14D SBS and M21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Delancey St/Columbia St M14D SBS, M21
    380 feet
    M14D SBS M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …
  2. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Williamsburg Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Path.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bialystoker Pl & Delancey St 33 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & Grand Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1949 and 1966.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Delancey Street

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Delancey Street

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

East side of Sheriff Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Sheriff Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal, and built between 1826 and 1915.

  1. Neighborhood Playhouse Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. NY Center for Child Dev Grand St Set School
    840 feet
  3. Dewitt Reformed Church Preschool · Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 110 Florence Nightingale School
    930 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Dewitt Headstart School
    990 feet
  3. Beth Jacob Elementary School
    1,000 feet
  4. Chinese - American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  5. P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold School
    1,220 feet
  6. Manhattan Charter School
    1,250 feet
  7. P.S. 142 Amalia Castro School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Luther Gulick Park
    140 feet
  2. Luther Gulick Park Playground
    200 feet
  3. Sidney Hillman Playground
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ahearn Park
    1,030 feet
  2. Henry M. Jackson Playground
    1,120 feet
  3. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. New East Side Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    500 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lutowisker Chevra Synagogues House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Bialystoker Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 15 Willett Street Older adult center
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 4/Engine 15/Ladder 18 Fire station
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet
  2. Duane Reade 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 ten places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Delancey Street, Sheriff Street, Williamsburg Bridge or Williamsburg Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Path.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.