Broome Street & Varick Street

Broome Street and Varick Street meet at a five-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jackie Robinson Museum is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them parks, and 87 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Varick St/Watts St · M20
Within a walk
22 places
5 parks, 3 museums and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broome Street & Varick Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 1
    590 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St C, E
    870 feet
    C E
  2. Canal St A, C, E
    1,150 feet
    A C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Varick St/Watts St, 320 feet away, for the M20.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Varick St/Watts St M20
    320 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 100 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Varick St & Watts St 49 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 1998
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Broome Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 4AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broome Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 4AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Varick Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 4AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Varick Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104765.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1905.

  1. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    700 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
    460 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    320 feet
  2. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    390 feet
  3. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
Show all 7
  1. NYC Ischool School
    390 feet
  2. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  4. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Street Park
    730 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    760 feet
  3. Albert Capsouto Park
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    1,120 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    450 feet
  2. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    460 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    440 feet
  2. New York City Fire Museum
    600 feet
  3. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    550 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    770 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broome Street, Holland Tunnel or Varick 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.