Avenue of the Americas & Vandam Street

Avenue of the Americas and Vandam Street meet at a three-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, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Soho Playhouse is 200 feet away, and West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 1,300 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 29 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 139 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
6 Av/Spring St · M21, M55, X27, X28
Within a walk
29 places
5 listed historic places, 4 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 90 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
    90 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
    1,060 feet
    1
  2. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Spring St, 190 feet away, for the M21, M55, X27 and X28.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Spring St M21, M55, X27, X28
    190 feet
    M21 M55 X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …
  2. M55 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.5 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
    0.7 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two 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 1894 and 1914.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 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 Vandam Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102286.

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, 264 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1835 and 1904.

  1. The Elisabeth Erwin High School Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. (former) Substation No. 2 Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    640 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
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    750 feet
  3. NYC Ischool School
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    770 feet
  2. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    890 feet
  3. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    940 feet
  4. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Father Fagan Park
    40 feet
  2. Charlton Plaza
    320 feet
  3. Spring Street Park
    400 feet
Show all 6
  1. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    620 feet
  2. Playground of the Americas Playground
    690 feet
  3. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    890 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    790 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    660 feet
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  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. New York City Fire Museum
    1,100 feet
  3. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    460 feet
  2. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 139 places to eat and 11 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 Vandam 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.