Chinatown-Two Bridges
Neighborhood · Manhattan
Chinatown-Two Bridges joins much of Manhattan's Chinatown with Two Bridges, on the East River waterfront near the footings of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.
- 0.41 square miles
- 42,556 residents, 2020 Census
- 112 street corners
- 2 subway stations
- 8 bus routes
Chinese immigrants began settling Mott, Pell and Doyers Streets in the 1870s, and the community grew sharply after a 1965 U.S. immigration law admitted many more newcomers from Asia. Columbus Park was built in 1897, and the Kimlau Memorial arch in Chatham Square, designed by Poy Gum Lee and erected in 1962, honors Chinese Americans who died in World War II. On Eldridge Street, a synagogue opened in 1887 by Eastern European Jewish immigrants is now a National Historic Landmark and museum.
Sources: Chinatown, Manhattan (Wikipedia); Two Bridges, Manhattan (Wikipedia); About (Museum at Eldridge Street).
Chinatown-Two Bridges borders four areas, and Canal Street holds more of its corners than any other street, 14 of 112.
- Chinatown-Two Bridges
- A neighboring area
- Park
- A station in the list
- Another station
Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.
Neighboring areas
- Lower East Side northeast
- Financial District-Battery Park City southwest
- Tribeca-Civic Center west
- SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square northwest
Subway stations
- Grand St lines B D
- East Broadway lines F
Getting around
Two subway stations and buses on eight routes stop in or at the edge of Chinatown-Two Bridges.
- 2 subway stations
- 8 local bus routes
Local bus routes
- L92
- M9
- M14A-SBS
- M15
- M15-SBS
- M22
- M103
- T232
Safety record
Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Manhattan corner.
- 1,183 police-reported crashes at its corners
- 10.6 a corner, on average
- 13.4 the average Manhattan corner
- 10 corners with a clean record
Signal or safety changes on City record, at 39 of its corners
- Accessible pedestrian signals
- 21
- Leading pedestrian intervals
- 20
- Barnes Dance all-way crossings
- 10
- Turn calming
- 5
Camera tickets
In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.
- 0 red-light camera tickets
- 4,971 school-zone speed camera tickets at four corners
- 0 bus-lane camera tickets
- Most speed tickets
- Cherry Street & Pike Street, 1,983
People and homes
The 2020 Census counted 42,556 residents in Chinatown-Two Bridges, about 103,800 per square mile.
- 20,056 homes, 2020 Census
- 1,122 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count
Half of its 699 residential lots hold buildings from 1910 or earlier, and 90% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.
NYCHA developments
NYCHA's La Guardia, La Guardia Addition, Rutgers, Smith and Two Bridges URA (Site 7) developments lie wholly or partly within Chinatown-Two Bridges, as does one more that NYCHA names by a building's address.
Parks and landmarks
- Parkland
- 14.5 acres of NYC Parks property
- The largest pieces
- Columbus Park (3 acres), Coleman Playground (2.6 acres) and Sara D. Roosevelt Park (2.4 acres)
- Designated landmarks
- The Pike Street Synagogue, the New York Public Library's Chatham Square Branch, the S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building and the Eldridge Street Synagogue, among others
Streets and trees
- Trees
- 1,747 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, maidenhair tree and thornless honeylocust
- Street with the most corners
- Canal Street, with 14 of the area's 112
- Height above sea level
- From 4 feet at South Street & Rutgers Slip to 55 feet at Manhattan Bridge & Canal Street at Chrystie Street
- Honorary street names
- 5 at its corners, enacted by local law
Schools and libraries
The City lists 14 schools and one library in Chinatown-Two Bridges.
- Public schools
- 11
- Charter and private schools
- 3
- Library
- Chatham Square Library
Bike share and public art
By the station list of October 3, 2026, 17 bike-share stations stand in Chinatown-Two Bridges. The City's public art inventory lists eight works in the area, among them Governor Alfred E. Smith Memorial (1950), Lower East Side War Memorial (1953) and Fiorello H. La Guardia (1957).
- 17 bike-share stations
- 8 works of public art
Public safety
How complaints are countedIn 2025 the NYPD recorded 476 major felonies at places in Chinatown-Two Bridges.
Recorded by the NYPD at places in Chinatown-Two Bridges
- 513 major felonies in 2024
- 1,631 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025
In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Chinatown-Two Bridges, the NYPD recorded another 118 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 14.0 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Chinatown-Two Bridges.
- Police precincts
- 5th (most of the area), 7th
From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 239 major felonies at places in Chinatown-Two Bridges, against 212 in the same months of 2025.
Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.
Street corners
- Baxter Street & Bayard Street
- Bowery & Bayard Street
- Bowery & Division Street
- Bowery & Pell Street
- Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street
- Canal Street & Allen Street
- Canal Street & Baxter Street
- Canal Street & Bowery
- Canal Street & Division Street
- Canal Street & Eldridge Street
- Canal Street & Essex Street
- Canal Street & Forsyth Street
- Canal Street & Ludlow Street
- Canal Street & Mott Street
- Canal Street & Mulberry Street
- Canal Street & Orchard Street
- Cherry Street & Catherine Street
- Cherry Street & Clinton Street
- Cherry Street & Jefferson Street
- Cherry Street & Market Street
- Cherry Street & Montgomery Street
- Cherry Street & Pike Street
- Cherry Street & Rutgers Slip
- Cherry Street & Rutgers Street
- Chrystie Street & Hester Street
- Division Street & Allen Street
- Division Street & Market Street
- East Broadway & Catherine Street
- East Broadway & Chatham Square
- East Broadway & Clinton Street
- East Broadway & Market Street
- East Broadway & Montgomery Street
- East Broadway & Pike Street
- East Broadway & Rutgers Street
- Eldridge Street & Division Street
- Eldridge Street & Hester Street
- Elizabeth Street & Bayard Street
- Essex Street & Hester Street
- FDR Drive & Manhattan Bridge Bike Path
- FDR Drive & Manhattan Bridge Pedestrian Path
- FDR Drive & R F Wagner Sr Place
- FDR Drive & South Street
- Forsyth Street & Division Street
- Forsyth Street & East Broadway
- Forsyth Street & Henry Street
- Forsyth Street & Hester Street
- Grand Street & Allen Street
- Grand Street & Essex Street
- Grand Street & Forsyth Street
- Grand Street & Orchard Street
- Henry Street & Catherine Street
- Henry Street & Clinton Street
- Henry Street & Jefferson Street
- Henry Street & Market Street
- Henry Street & Mechanics Alley
- Henry Street & Montgomery Street
- Henry Street & Oliver Street
- Henry Street & Pike Street
- Henry Street & Rutgers Street
- Hester Street & Allen Street
- Ludlow Street & Division Street
- Ludlow Street & Hester Street
- Madison Street & Catherine Street
- Madison Street & Clinton Street
- Madison Street & James Street
- Madison Street & Jefferson Street
- Madison Street & Market Street
- Madison Street & Mechanics Alley
- Madison Street & Montgomery Street
- Madison Street & Oliver Street
- Madison Street & Pike Street
- Madison Street & Rutgers Street
- Madison Street & St James Place
- Manhattan Bridge & Canal Street
- Manhattan Bridge & Canal Street at Bowery
- Manhattan Bridge & Canal Street at Chrystie Street
- Monroe Street & Catherine Street
- Monroe Street & Market Street
- Monroe Street & Mechanics Alley
- Monroe Street & Montgomery Street
- Monroe Street & Pike Street
- Montgomery Street & FDR Drive
- Mott Street & Bayard Street
- Mott Street & Mosco Street
- Mott Street & Pell Street
- Mott Street & Worth Street
- Mulberry Street & Bayard Street
- Mulberry Street & Mosco Street
- Mulberry Street & Worth Street
- Orchard Street & Division Street
- Orchard Street & Hester Street
- Park Row & Worth Street
- Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge
- Pearl Street & Cardinal Hayes Place
- Pearl Street & St James Place
- Pell Street & Doyers Street
- Pike Slip & Manhattan Bridge Bike Path
- South Street & Brooklyn Bridge
- South Street & Catherine Slip
- South Street & Clinton Street
- South Street & Market Slip
- South Street & Pedestrian Path
- South Street & Pike Slip
- South Street & R F Wagner Sr Place
- South Street & Rutgers Slip
- St James Place & James Street
- Walker Street & Baxter Street
- Water Street & Catherine Slip
- Water Street & Market Slip
- Water Street & Montgomery Street
- Worth Street & Baxter Street
- Worth Street & St James Place
How the figures above are measured: Methodology.