Avenue of the Americas & Spring Street

Avenue of the Americas and Spring Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Spring Street Park is 100 feet away, and Playground of the Americas is 1,120 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 28 public places, five of them parks, and 124 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
6 Av/Spring St · M21
Within a walk
28 places
5 parks, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 60 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
    60 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
    1,140 feet
    1
  2. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Spring St, 210 feet away, for the M21.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Spring St M21
    210 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and April 2026, 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).

South side of Spring Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101188.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 201 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1903.

  1. The Elisabeth Erwin High School Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. (former) Substation No. 2 Designated landmark
    680 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
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    450 feet
  2. NYC Ischool School
    450 feet
  3. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    630 feet
  2. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,200 feet
  4. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Street Park
    100 feet
  2. Father Fagan Park
    450 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. Charlton Plaza
    740 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    1,020 feet
  3. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,120 feet
  4. Grand Canal Court Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    360 feet
  2. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. New York City Fire Museum
    670 feet
  3. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    340 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    90 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 124 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or Spring 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.