Bleecker Street & Bowery

Bleecker Street and Bowery meet at a three-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Noho East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center is 630 feet away, and New York Theatre Workshop is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places and 134 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bowery/Bleecker St · M103
Within a walk
40 places
12 listed historic places, 8 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bleecker Street & Bowery Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    640 feet
    6 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 2 Av F
    770 feet
    F
  2. Astor Pl 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signal” (1997) by Mel Chin and “Hive (Bleecker Street)” (2012) by Leo Villareal at the Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Bleecker St, 40 feet away, for the M103.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Bleecker St M103
    40 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bleecker Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 1 St & Bowery 44 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bleecker Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Bleecker Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Bowery

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Noho East Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 171 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1897.

  1. Bond Street Savings Bank Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. Church of Our Lady of Loretto School and Rectory Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. White House Hotel Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 12 listed historic places
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 museums
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    780 feet
  2. Nord Anglia International School
    960 feet
  3. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cooper Union College
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liz Christy Garden
    370 feet
  2. Albert's Garden
    450 feet
  3. First Park
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    930 feet
  2. Manuel Plaza Park
    940 feet
  3. First Street Garden
    950 feet
  4. Houston St Playground
    1,120 feet
  5. First Park Playground
    1,260 feet
  6. Cooper Triangle
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 14
  1. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Merchant's House Museum
    1,010 feet
  4. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  5. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  6. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  7. New Museum
    1,150 feet
  8. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  9. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  10. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  11. Puck Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center · landmark
    740 feet
  2. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    630 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 33/Ladder 9 Fire station · listed historic place
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    840 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 134 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bleecker Street or Bowery.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.