East Houston Street & Mott Street

East Houston Street and Mott Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Church of Our Lady of Loretto School and Rectory stands 310 feet away, and DeSalvio Playground is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 133 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
East Houston St/Mott St · M21
Within a walk
22 places
5 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Houston Street & Mott Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 310 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
    310 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
    840 feet
    F
  2. Prince St R, W
    1,300 feet
    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, 130 feet away, for the M21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 102 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mott St & Prince St 39 docks in all
    590 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, 1.1 miles 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
    170 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of East Houston Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East Houston Street

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

East side of Mott Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Mott Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 125 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1861 and 1897.

  1. Puck Building Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Church of Our Lady of Loretto School and Rectory Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Saint Patrick's Chancery Office Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 museums
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    780 feet
  2. Pathways Children's Services School
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liz Christy Garden
    570 feet
  2. First Park
    1,020 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. Houston St Playground
    1,240 feet
  2. Albert's Garden
    1,270 feet
  3. DeSalvio Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Mulberry Street Library
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  4. New Museum
    1,210 feet
  5. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Landmark · listed historic place
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    600 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    850 feet

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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Houston Street or Mott Street.

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