East Houston Street & Elizabeth Street

East Houston Street and Elizabeth Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Noho East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 131 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
East Houston St/Mott St · M21
Within a walk
23 places
5 listed historic places, 5 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Elizabeth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes 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
    530 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. 2 Av F
    620 feet
    F
  2. Prince St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

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/Mott St, 70 feet away, for the M21.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Mott St M21
    70 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 92 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
    610 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    450 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2024

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East Houston Street

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

East side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Noho East Historic District.

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 95 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1830 and 1894.

  1. Church of Our Lady of Loretto School and Rectory Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. Puck Building Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    620 feet
  2. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liz Christy Garden
    350 feet
  2. First Park
    800 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Houston St Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Albert's Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. First Street Garden
    1,250 feet
  4. First Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. Mulberry Street Library
    890 feet
  3. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    920 feet
Show all 7
  1. New Museum
    990 feet
  2. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Landmark · listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    370 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 131 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Houston Street or Elizabeth 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.