Grand Street & Mercer Street

Grand Street and Mercer Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art is 630 feet away, and Artists Space is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Broadway/Grand St · M55
Within a walk
23 places
5 listed historic places, 4 museums and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Mercer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    800 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. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

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 Broadway/Grand St, 440 feet away, for the M55.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Grand St M55 · Shelter
    440 feet
    M55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Grand Street.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand St & Greene St 28 docks in all
    310 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
    1.6 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1871 and 1901.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-7AM ALL DAYS

South side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 3AM-6AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Mercer Street

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

West side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105583 and 106273.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 355 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1861 and 1884.

  1. Aaron Constable Store Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. E.V. Haughwout Building Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. Clark Building Designated landmark
    660 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
  • 4 museums
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 5 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. Ie New York College
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    660 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    1,220 feet
  3. Grand Canal Court Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Drawing Center Museum
    580 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    630 feet
  3. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    820 feet
Show all 9
  1. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    970 feet
  3. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    1,060 feet
  4. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  5. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  6. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    590 feet
  2. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    250 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and nine 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 Grand Street or Mercer 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.