Chambers Street is most notable for the schools that are here-both Stuyvesant High School, and the college next door. West Side Highway lets the cars fly by, but don't be afraid if you have small children-the enormous bridge created for the high-schoolers to get to their trains isn't limited on access. You too can use it to get to the park on the other side. This street definitely targets their audience-small bookstores and places to buy candy and school supplies war with pizza joints and fast food restaurants. A wall on the other side of the bridge is home to stoners and rarely visited by police. I'm not sure who would want to live there, or even if there is residential housing. Maybe college students!

After around 5-6PM on weekdays the street does quiet down some though, once the students have gone. But it's a cacophony while school is entering, midday, and while it's letting out.