Grand Street & Varick Street

Grand Street and Varick Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jackie Robinson Museum is 40 feet away, and Canal Street Post Office is 1,160 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 25 public places, five of them parks, and 68 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
120 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Varick St/Watts St · M20
Within a walk
25 places
5 parks, 4 museums and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Varick Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 1
    120 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    680 feet
    A C E
  2. Spring St C, E
    0.3 miles
    C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Varick St/Watts St, 180 feet away, for the M20.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Varick St/Watts St M20
    180 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Varick St & Watts St 49 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Varick Street (west side).

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-7AM ALL DAYS

South side of Grand Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 3AM-6AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Varick Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102325, 105120, 106498 and 107367.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 53 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Utilitarian. They were built between 1816 and 2011.

  1. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    290 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
    290 feet
  2. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    370 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 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    30 feet
  2. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    200 feet
  3. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    860 feet
  2. NYC Ischool School
    860 feet
  3. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  4. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duarte Square
    290 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    310 feet
  3. Grand Canal Court Park
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tribeca Park
    1,120 feet
  2. Spring Street Park
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    750 feet
  2. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    40 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    980 feet
  3. New York City Fire Museum
    1,070 feet
Show all 7
  1. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,140 feet
  2. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  4. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    200 feet
  2. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Street or Varick Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.