Broome Street & Thompson Street

Broome Street and Thompson Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “General José Artigas” is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, five of them parks, and 98 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
6 Av/Broome St · M55
Within a walk
27 places
5 parks, 4 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Thompson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    760 feet
    A C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St C, E
    890 feet
    C E
  2. Canal St 1
    1,060 feet
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Gathering” (2001) by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Broome St, 340 feet away, for the M55.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Broome St M55
    340 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broome Street and Thompson Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Broadway & Watts St 51 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1892 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and November 2020; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broome Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Broome Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

East side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 214 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1869 and 1901.

  1. (former) Substation No. 2 Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse (former Engine Company No. 13) Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Spring Street Park.

  1. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    520 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 parks
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    500 feet
  2. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. NYC Ischool School
    600 feet
  2. Ie New York College
    740 feet
  3. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  4. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    560 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    650 feet
  3. Grand Canal Court Park
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Spring Street Park
    730 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    990 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    1,010 feet
  2. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    560 feet
  3. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    940 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,020 feet
  3. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  4. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    570 feet
  2. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    790 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 98 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broome Street or Thompson Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.