Bleecker Street & Mott Street

Bleecker Street and Mott Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Margaret Sanger Square by local law. It lies inside the Noho East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bond Street Savings Bank stands 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 118 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
180 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Bowery/Bleecker St · M103
Within a walk
24 places
9 listed historic places, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bleecker Street & Mott Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    180 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
    1,210 feet
    F
  2. Prince St 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 Bowery/Bleecker St, 480 feet away, for the M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bleecker Street.

  • 97 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bleecker St & Crosby St 63 docks in all
    420 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
    540 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Margaret Sanger Square, a co-naming enacted on February 17, 1993 (Local Law 17 of 1993).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Margaret Sanger Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Bleecker Street

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Mott Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Mott Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Noho East Historic District.

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 166 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1858 and 1896.

  1. Church of Our Lady of Loretto School and Rectory Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. New York Women's League for Animals Hospital Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. Bond Street Savings Bank Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 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
    1,060 feet
  2. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Pathways Children's Services School
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liz Christy Garden
    820 feet
  2. Albert's Garden
    900 feet
  3. Mercer Playground
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Park
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    490 feet
  3. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    640 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Puck Building Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    850 feet
  4. Mulberry Street Library
    1,000 feet
  5. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  6. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  7. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 33/Ladder 9 Fire station · listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    890 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 118 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bleecker Street or Mott 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.