Broome Street & Mercer Street

Broome Street and Mercer 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Center for Italian Modern Art is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about five minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 97 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Broadway/Broome St · SIM1, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C +4
Within a walk
15 places
4 listed historic places, 4 museums and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Mercer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    1,200 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. Spring St 6
    1,240 feet
    6
  2. Prince St R, W
    1,300 feet
    R W

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/Broome St, 300 feet away, for the SIM1, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and four more.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Broome St SIM1, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C +4
    300 feet
    SIM1 SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C SIM33C SIM34 X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM1 …
  2. SIM1C …
  3. SIM3C …
  4. SIM4C …
  5. SIM33C …
  6. SIM34 …
  7. X27 …
  8. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mercer St & Spring St 67 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.1 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 October 2025.

About this corner

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1873 and 1900.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broome Street

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

South side of Broome Street

  • 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 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Mercer Street

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

West side of Mercer Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103554 and 106814.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 345 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1867 and 1889.

  1. E.V. Haughwout Building Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 museums
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    730 feet
  2. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. Ie New York College
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    870 feet
  2. Petrosino Square
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    430 feet
  3. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    650 feet
Show all 8
  1. Drawing Center Museum
    650 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,030 feet
  4. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    1,050 feet
  5. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    710 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 97 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broome Street or Mercer Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.