Bleecker Street & Mercer Street

Bleecker Street and Mercer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the NoHo Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mercer Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about two minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 104 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 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
380 feet
Broadway/Bleecker St · M1, M55
Within a walk
23 places
5 listed historic places, 3 colleges and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bleecker Street & Mercer Street 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
  • 10 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. Prince St R, W
    1,230 feet
    R W
  2. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

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 Broadway/Bleecker St, 380 feet away, for the M1 and M55.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Bleecker St M1, M55
    380 feet
    M1 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bleecker Street.

  • 72 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. Mercer St & Bleecker St 67 docks in all
    50 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 1930 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bleecker Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the NoHo Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 116 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1867 and 1898.

  1. Silver Towers I Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. The Cable Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. The Empire State Bank Building Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  3. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    970 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    1,290 feet
  4. New York University College
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mercer Playground
    50 feet
  2. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    760 feet
  3. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Adrienne's Playground
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    370 feet
  2. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    590 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    780 feet
Show all 8
  1. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    850 feet
  3. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  4. Puck Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  5. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,070 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 104 places to eat and ten 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 Mercer Street.

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.