Greenwich Street & West Houston Street

Greenwich Street and West Houston Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hudson River Park is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them schools, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
West Houston St/Washington St · SIM7, SIM9
Within a walk
13 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Street & West Houston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    880 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St C, E
    0.4 miles
    C E
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.5 miles
    A B C D E F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Platform Diving” (1994) by Deborah Brown at the Houston St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Washington St, 220 feet away, for the SIM7 and SIM9.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Washington St SIM7, SIM9
    220 feet
    SIM7 SIM9

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM7 …
  2. SIM9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Greenwich Street and West Houston Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich St & W Houston St 80 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
1 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 2002 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 193 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West Houston Street

  • NYP plates only 2 signs NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY

South side of West Houston Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and mostly built between 1852 and 1853.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in James J. Walker Park.

  1. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus, 1834
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High School M560 - City As School
    810 feet
  2. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    810 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. M.S. 297 School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    710 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    820 feet
  3. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Saatchi & Saatchi Public space
    330 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Brown House Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and six 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 Greenwich Street or West Houston 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.