Avenue of the Americas & Prince Street

Avenue of the Americas and Prince Street meet at a five-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Charlton Plaza is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, six of them parks, and 195 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
350 feet · 1 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
6 Av/Prince St · M21, M55, SIM1C, SIM3C +5
Within a walk
32 places
6 parks, 5 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St C, E
    350 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
    840 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, 40 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
    40 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, Charlton Street and Prince Street.

  • 119 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2015

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1889 and 1916.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and June 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 Charlton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Charlton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Prince Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Prince Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102286.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 280 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal, and mostly built between 1834 and 1902.

  1. The Elisabeth Erwin High School Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. St. Anthony's School Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Spring Street Park.

  1. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    500 feet
  2. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    620 feet
  3. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    1,020 feet
  3. NYC Ischool School
    1,020 feet
  4. Lrei School
    1,050 feet
  5. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Father Fagan Park
    40 feet
  2. Charlton Plaza
    50 feet
  3. Playground of the Americas Playground
    420 feet
Show all 9
  1. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    620 feet
  2. Spring Street Park
    670 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    770 feet
  4. Minetta Triangle
    1,120 feet
  5. Downing Street Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. Father Demo Square
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    360 feet
  3. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    820 feet
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  1. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    630 feet
  2. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    590 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 195 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas, Charlton Street or Prince 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.