Avenue of the Americas & West Houston Street

Avenue of the Americas and West Houston Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Playground of the Americas is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, eight of them parks, and 259 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
660 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas · M21
Within a walk
44 places
8 parks, 7 religious buildings and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West Houston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    660 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St C, E
    900 feet
    C E
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,100 feet
    A B C D E F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Platform Diving” (1994) by Deborah Brown at the Houston St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas, 70 feet away, for the M21.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas M21
    70 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 110 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 1999
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1 and 2 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
1 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of West Houston Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 362 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1840 and 1901.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 8 parks
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 schools
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    370 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · landmark
    420 feet
  3. Lrei School
    510 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    940 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    960 feet
  4. High School M560 - City As School
    1,090 feet
  5. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    80 feet
  2. Playground of the Americas Playground
    120 feet
  3. Charlton Plaza
    430 feet
Show all 14
  1. Father Fagan Park
    580 feet
  2. Minetta Triangle
    580 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    590 feet
  4. Father Demo Square
    610 feet
  5. Minetta Green
    770 feet
  6. Minetta Playground
    910 feet
  7. James J Walker Park
    1,090 feet
  8. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,110 feet
  9. Spring Street Park
    1,210 feet
  10. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    1,270 feet
  11. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Hudson Park Library
    1,170 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    830 feet
  2. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    570 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    960 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 259 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West Houston 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.