Avenue of the Americas & Sullivan Street

Avenue of the Americas and Sullivan Street meet at a six-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 3,318 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Duarte Square is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, C and E. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them parks, and 88 places to eat.

Safety record
28 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
6 Av/Broome St · M55
Within a walk
28 places
6 parks, 4 museums and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    690 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
    700 feet
    1
  2. Spring St C, E
    780 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/Broome St, 250 feet away, for the M55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Watts Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

  • 51 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
    280 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 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,318 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 263rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,103 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Watts Street2,769761
Northbound on Avenue of the Americas549342
Total3,3181,103

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Watts Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

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 134 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
    570 feet
  2. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    720 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
    410 feet
  2. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    480 feet
  3. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    300 feet
  2. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    500 feet
Show all 7
  1. NYC Ischool School
    500 feet
  2. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    570 feet
  3. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    680 feet
  4. Ie New York College
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duarte Square
    290 feet
  2. Grand Canal Court Park
    570 feet
  3. Spring Street Park
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    720 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground
    840 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    1,070 feet
  4. Tribeca Park
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    890 feet
  2. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    570 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Drawing Center Museum
    850 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,060 feet
  3. New York City Fire Museum
    1,210 feet
  4. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    860 feet
  2. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    680 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,030 feet
  3. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 88 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas, Sullivan Street or Watts Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.