Broadway & Houston Street

Broadway and Houston Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 59 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2026, 4,409 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. The Empire State Bank Building stands 450 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 15 public places and 107 places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
59 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Houston St/Broadway · T232
Within a walk
15 places
5 listed historic places, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Houston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    100 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
    530 feet
    R W
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 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 Houston St/Broadway, 40 feet away, for the T232.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St/Broadway T232
    40 feet
    T232

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Broadway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 6pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bleecker St & Crosby St 63 docks in all
    690 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, 1.3 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
    950 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 59 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 4,409 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Westbound on Houston Street4,099
Eastbound on Houston Street310
Total4,409

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
1 and 5 and 6 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Houston Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of Houston Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103049 and 104774.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 155 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1866 and 1897.

  1. The Cable Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. The New York Mercantile Exchange Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. The Empire State Bank Building Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    180 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mercer Playground
    790 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    670 feet
  2. Puck Building Listed historic place
    690 feet
  3. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Mulberry Street Library
    830 feet
  3. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  4. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    230 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 107 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.