East Houston Street & Crosby Street

East Houston Street and Crosby Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The New York Mercantile Exchange stands 250 feet away, and YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places and 128 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
East Houston St/Crosby St · M21
Within a walk
17 places
5 listed historic places, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Crosby Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    70 feet
    6 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Prince St R, W
    800 feet
    R W
  2. Spring St 6
    1,280 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signal” (1997) by Mel Chin and “Hive (Bleecker Street)” (2012) by Leo Villareal at the Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Crosby St, 30 feet away, for the M21.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Crosby St M21
    30 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 102 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bleecker St & Crosby St 63 docks in all
    420 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,270 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2015

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)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crosby Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Crosby Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East Houston Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of East Houston Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 152 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1898.

  1. Puck Building Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. The New York Mercantile Exchange Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. The Empire State Bank Building Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    280 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mercer Playground
    980 feet
  2. Liz Christy Garden
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Mulberry Street Library
    560 feet
Show all 7
  1. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    760 feet
  2. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    980 feet
  4. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    410 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    350 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 128 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crosby Street 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.