Grand Street & Thompson Street

Grand Street and Thompson Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Grand Canal Court is 290 feet away, and Spring Street Park is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them parks, and 77 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
340 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
6 Av/Grand St · M55
Within a walk
24 places
5 parks, 3 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Thompson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    340 feet
    A C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 1
    640 feet
    1
  2. Spring St C, E
    1,220 feet
    C E

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Gathering” (2001) by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Grand St, 200 feet away, for the M55.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Grand St M55
    200 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 31 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. W Broadway & Watts St 51 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
4 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1895 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-7AM ALL DAYS

South side of Grand Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 3AM-6AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

East side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104543.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 169 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1869 and 1896.

  1. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Duarte Square.

  1. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    280 feet
  2. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    510 feet
  3. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  2. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    940 feet
  3. NYC Ischool School
    940 feet
  4. Ie New York College
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duarte Square
    230 feet
  2. Grand Canal Court Park
    290 feet
  3. Albert Capsouto Park
    570 feet
Show all 6
  1. Vesuvio Playground
    970 feet
  2. Tribeca Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Spring Street Park
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Drawing Center Museum
    460 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Museum
    560 feet
  3. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    430 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    730 feet
  2. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 77 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Street or Thompson 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.