Centre Street & Howard Street

Centre Street and Howard Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Museum of Chinese in America is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, and 17 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 181 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Centre Street.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
420 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Centre St/Grand St · M1
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Centre Street & Howard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes 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
    420 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

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 Centre St/Grand St, 690 feet away, for the M1.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Centre St/Grand St M1
    690 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street.

  • 71 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Howard St & Lafayette St 39 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 7pm on Centre Street (east side).

West side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Howard Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101572 and 105232.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 111 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1890.

  1. Odd Fellows Hall Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. New York City Police Headquarters Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Engine Company No. 55 Designated landmark
    670 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 parks
  • 3 museums
  • 2 courthouses
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    450 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    600 feet
  2. Collect Pond Park
    1,110 feet
  3. Petrosino Square
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Columbus Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    180 feet
  2. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Italian American Museum
    870 feet
  2. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  4. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    430 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    630 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    990 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    410 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 181 places to eat and 37 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Centre Street or Howard 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.