Grand Street & Centre Street

Grand Street and Centre Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York City Police Headquarters, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 17 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 200 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Centre St/Grand St · M1
Within a walk
27 places
8 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Centre Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 17 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    790 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St 6
    1,060 feet
    6
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Centre St/Grand St, 320 feet away, for the M1.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Centre St/Grand St M1
    320 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street and Grand Street.

  • 76 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette St & Grand St 78 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1912.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Grand Street (north side).

East side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7:30AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101572 and 105636.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 117 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1858 and 1891.

  1. Odd Fellows Hall Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. New York City Police Headquarters Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Engine Company No. 55 Designated landmark
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    510 feet
  2. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    650 feet
  3. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    220 feet
  2. Petrosino Square
    740 feet
  3. DeSalvio Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    220 feet
  2. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    430 feet
  3. Italian American Museum
    500 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    770 feet
  3. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  4. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  5. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    260 feet
  2. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station · landmark
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    770 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 200 places to eat and 40 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 Centre Street or Grand 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.