East Houston Street & Bowery

East Houston Street and Bowery meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 64 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Liz Christy Garden is 90 feet away, and Cascades High School is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 133 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
64 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
360 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
East Houston St/Bowery · M21
Within a walk
30 places
7 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Bowery Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    360 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    790 feet
    6 B D F M
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Bowery, 80 feet away, for the M21.

  • 27 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Bowery M21
    80 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 90 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 1 St & Bowery 44 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 64 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
5 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103857, 104591 and 106227.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 80 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Italianate. They were mostly built between 1830 and 1893.

  1. Church of Our Lady of Loretto School and Rectory Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. Bond Street Savings Bank Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    360 feet
  2. Cascades High School
    1,150 feet
  3. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Nord Anglia International School
    1,170 feet
  2. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liz Christy Garden
    90 feet
  2. First Park
    540 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. Houston St Playground
    750 feet
  2. Albert's Garden
    810 feet
  3. First Park Playground
    990 feet
  4. First Street Garden
    990 feet
  5. Peretz Square
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. New Museum
    730 feet
  3. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Puck Building Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Mulberry Street Library
    1,150 feet
  4. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center · landmark
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 33/Ladder 9 Fire station · listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    160 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    690 feet
  2. Duane Reade 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 133 places to eat and 11 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 Bowery or East Houston Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.