Bowery & Prince Street

Bowery and Prince Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New Museum is 90 feet away, and Mulberry Street Library is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowery, is about three minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 133 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowery
900 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Bowery/Prince St · M103
Within a walk
27 places
4 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bowery & Prince Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowery, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery J, Z
    900 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 2 Av F
    1,030 feet
    F
  2. Prince St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Prince St, 140 feet away, for the M103.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Prince St M103 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prince Street.

  • 74 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mott St & Prince St 39 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the hedge maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm on Bowery (east side).

West side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Prince Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Prince Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101997, 103857 and 104732.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1809 and 1899.

  1. Young Men's Institute Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Bowery Mission Designated landmark
    150 feet
  3. Germania Bank Building Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    750 feet
  2. Cascades High School
    990 feet
  3. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    660 feet
  2. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    710 feet
  3. Houston St Playground
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Rivington St Playground
    720 feet
  2. Liz Christy Garden
    760 feet
  3. First Park
    1,160 feet
  4. DeSalvio Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    710 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai - Behavioral Health Center Hospital
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Museum
    90 feet
  2. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mulberry Street Library
    1,110 feet
  2. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Puck Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    720 feet
  2. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    1,040 feet
  3. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    850 feet
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 133 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowery or Prince 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.