Broadway & Howard Street

Broadway and Howard Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 5,021 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. (former) National City Bank of New York stands 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6, J, N and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
190 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Broadway/Grand St · M55
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Howard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 17 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    190 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Grand St, 270 feet away, for the M55.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Grand St M55 · Shelter
    270 feet
    M55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lispenard St & Broadway 79 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,021 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 40th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 1,493 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1868 and 1906.

Trees

Two trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

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

North side of Howard Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Howard Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101818, 101819, 102387 and 103248.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 295 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1880.

  1. Aaron Constable Store Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. (former) National City Bank of New York Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. Jeweler's Craft Building Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 museums
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    610 feet
  3. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    1,170 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    770 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    690 feet
  2. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
Show all 8
  1. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    1,190 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    1,240 feet
  3. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  4. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  5. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    680 feet
  2. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    400 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    380 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Howard Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, 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.