Greene Street & Prince Street

Greene Street and Prince 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, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The installation “Subway Map Floating on a New York Sidewalk” is 210 feet away, and St Anthony of Padua Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Prince St, is about two minutes on foot, for the R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 99 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prince St
490 feet · 2 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
West Houston St/Greene St · M21
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Street & Prince Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prince St, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prince St R, W
    490 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    1,090 feet
    6 B D F M
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Carrying On” (2004) by Janet Zweig & Edward del Rosario at the Prince St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Greene St, 490 feet away, for the M21.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Greene St M21
    490 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prince Street.

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene St & Prince St 45 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Greene Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Greene Street

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

North side of Prince Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Prince Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 290 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1897.

  1. "Little" Singer Building Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Rouss Building Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse (former Engine Company No. 13) Designated landmark
    510 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at 110 Greene Street.

  1. Subway Map Floating on a New York Sidewalk Installation by Francoise Schein, 1985
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  2. Ie New York College
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vesuvio Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Father Fagan Park
    1,240 feet
  3. Mercer Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    600 feet
  2. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. Mulberry Street Library
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 99 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greene Street or Prince 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.