Avenue of the Americas & Broome Street

Avenue of the Americas and Broome Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Broome Street Academy Charter High School is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, six of them parks, and 103 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
570 feet · 2 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
6 Av/Broome St · M55
Within a walk
27 places
6 parks, 4 museums and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Avenue of the Americas & Broome Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St C, E
    570 feet
    C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. C …
  2. E …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. C …
  2. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    900 feet
    A C E
  2. Canal St 1
    900 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Broome St, 40 feet away, for the M55.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Broome St M55
    40 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas and Broome Street.

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & Broome St 72 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 10pm on Avenue of the Americas (west side).

North side of Broome Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 4AM-6AM

South side of Broome Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 4AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101872.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 142 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1903.

  1. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. (former) Substation No. 2 Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Spring Street Park.

  1. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    270 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 4 museums
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    180 feet
  2. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    290 feet
  3. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    340 feet
Show all 7
  1. NYC Ischool School
    290 feet
  2. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    890 feet
  4. Ie New York College
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Street Park
    420 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    500 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    770 feet
  2. Father Fagan Park
    860 feet
  3. Albert Capsouto Park
    930 feet
  4. Charlton Plaza
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    690 feet
  2. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Museum
    780 feet
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  1. Drawing Center Museum
    880 feet
  2. New York City Fire Museum
    1,020 feet
  3. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,260 feet
  4. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    850 feet
  2. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    890 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    630 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    610 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 103 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or Broome 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.