Broome Street & Lafayette Street

Broome Street and Lafayette Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Engine Company No. 55 stands 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about two minutes on foot, and 14 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 187 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Lafayette Street.

Safety record
8 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Centre St/Broome St · M1
Within a walk
24 places
7 listed historic places, 4 museums and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Lafayette Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 14 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St 6
    620 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    1,170 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z
  2. Prince St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Centre St/Broome St, 230 feet away, for the M1.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Centre St/Broome St M1
    230 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette St & Grand St 78 docks in all
    340 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. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, June 2012
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1900 and 1913.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broome Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Broome Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102089, 105635 and 106876.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 154 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1862 and 1895.

  1. Engine Company No. 55 Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. New York City Police Headquarters Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. E.V. Haughwout Building Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 listed historic places
  • 4 museums
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 fire stations
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    700 feet
  2. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Petrosino Square
    290 feet
  2. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    450 feet
  3. DeSalvio Playground
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    150 feet
  2. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    680 feet
  3. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 11
  1. Italian American Museum
    1,000 feet
  2. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  4. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  5. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  6. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  7. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    1,230 feet
  8. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    510 feet
  2. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station · landmark
    880 feet
  2. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    570 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 187 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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