Avenue of the Americas & Grand Street

Avenue of the Americas and Grand Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Juan Pablo Duarte” is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal 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, five of them parks, and 76 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
5 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
440 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
6 Av/Grand St · M55
Within a walk
27 places
5 parks, 3 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & Grand Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    440 feet
    A C E

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 1
    450 feet
    1
  2. Spring St C, E
    1,030 feet
    C E

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Gathering” (2001) by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz at the Canal St station.

Bus

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

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Grand 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 Grand Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Grand Street (north side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102325.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 131 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1873 and 1903.

  1. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    570 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Duarte Square.

  1. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    170 feet
  2. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    430 feet
  3. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    530 feet
  3. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    540 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  2. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    740 feet
  3. NYC Ischool School
    740 feet
  4. Ie New York College
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duarte Square
    40 feet
  2. Grand Canal Court Park
    320 feet
  3. Albert Capsouto Park
    470 feet
Show all 6
  1. Spring Street Park
    870 feet
  2. Tribeca Park
    960 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,080 feet
  2. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    360 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    650 feet
  3. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    630 feet
  2. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    530 feet
  2. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or Grand Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.