Grand Street & Lafayette Street

Grand Street and Lafayette Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza is 50 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 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 176 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

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

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Lafayette Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 730 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
    730 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, 500 feet away, for the M1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 70 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
    110 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1913.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and June 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-7AM ALL DAYS

South side of Grand Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 3AM-6AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

East side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102088, 102089 and 105635.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 150 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1890.

  1. Odd Fellows Hall Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Engine Company No. 55 Designated landmark
    290 feet
  3. New York City Police Headquarters Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    480 feet
  2. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    480 feet
  3. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    50 feet
  2. Petrosino Square
    730 feet
  3. DeSalvio Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    240 feet
  2. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    590 feet
  3. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Italian American Museum
    680 feet
  2. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    690 feet
  3. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    840 feet
  4. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  5. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    440 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    590 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 176 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Street or Lafayette 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.