Elizabeth Street & Prince Street

Elizabeth Street and Prince Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School, one of eight Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 310 feet away, and Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Prince St, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 142 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prince St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Bowery/Prince St · M103
Within a walk
26 places
5 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elizabeth Street & Prince Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prince St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prince St R, W
    1,130 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Bowery J, Z
    1,180 feet
    J Z
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    1,190 feet
    6 B D F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Carrying On” (2004) by Janet Zweig & Edward del Rosario at the Prince St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Prince St, 400 feet away, for the M103.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Prince St M103 · Shelter
    400 feet
    M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prince Street.

  • 90 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mott St & Prince St 39 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 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
    1,100 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 five 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 June 2025.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Prince Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Prince Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 16 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were built between 1809 and 2004.

  1. Young Men's Institute Building Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 fire stations
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    1,030 feet
  2. Cascades High School
    1,280 feet
  3. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DeSalvio Playground
    900 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    940 feet
  3. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Houston St Playground
    990 feet
  2. Liz Christy Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Rivington St Playground
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Museum
    370 feet
  2. Mulberry Street Library
    830 feet
  3. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Puck Building Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    1,120 feet
  3. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    870 feet
  2. Engine 55 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    960 feet
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,090 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 142 places to eat and 14 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 Elizabeth Street or Prince 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.