Avenue of the Americas & King Street

Avenue of the Americas and King Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 firehouse is 220 feet away, and Our Lady of Pompeii Church is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about two minutes on foot, for the C and E. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, eight of them parks, and 247 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
620 feet · 2 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
6 Av/Prince St · M21, M55, SIM1C, SIM3C +5
Within a walk
42 places
8 parks, 7 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 620 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
    620 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. Houston St 1
    640 feet
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Prince St, 260 feet away, for the M21, M55, SIM1C, SIM3C and five more.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Prince St M21, M55, SIM1C, SIM3C +5 · Shelter
    260 feet
    M21 M55 SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C SIM7 SIM9 SIM33 SIM33C
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …
  2. M55 …
  3. SIM1C …
  4. SIM3C …
  5. SIM4C …
  6. SIM7 …
  7. SIM9 …
  8. SIM33 …
  9. SIM33C …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 107 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDougal St & Prince St 56 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1892 and 1914.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2019, 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), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on King Street (both sides).

South side of King Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101948, 101949 and 104693.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 314 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1840 and 1903.

  1. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. St. Anthony's School Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. St. Anthony's Rectory Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 8 parks
  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    280 feet
  2. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    660 feet
  3. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
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  1. Lrei School
    780 feet
  2. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,240 feet
  4. High School M560 - City As School
    1,270 feet
  5. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    1,270 feet
  6. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet
  7. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    1,290 feet
  8. NYC Ischool School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground of the Americas Playground
    150 feet
  2. Charlton Plaza
    160 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    310 feet
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  1. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    350 feet
  2. Minetta Triangle
    850 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    860 feet
  4. Father Demo Square
    890 feet
  5. Spring Street Park
    940 feet
  6. Vesuvio Playground
    1,040 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,050 feet
  8. Minetta Playground
    1,180 feet
  9. James J Walker Park
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    550 feet
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  1. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    520 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    900 feet
  3. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet
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  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,260 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    860 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 247 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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