Lafayette Street & Jersey Street

Lafayette Street and Jersey Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mulberry Street Library is 170 feet away, and Petrosino Square is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 137 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Lafayette Street.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
East Houston St/Lafayette St · M21, T232
Within a walk
13 places
3 listed historic places, 2 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & Jersey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    270 feet
    6 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Prince St R, W
    700 feet
    R W
  2. Spring St 6
    910 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signal” (1997) by Mel Chin and “Hive (Bleecker Street)” (2012) by Leo Villareal at the Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/Lafayette St, 320 feet away, for the M21 and T232.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/Lafayette St M21, T232
    320 feet
    M21 T232

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …
  2. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street.

  • 91 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette St & Jersey St 60 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.2 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
    760 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jersey Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jersey Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM- MIDNIGHT
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM- MIDNIGHT
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPT MEDICAL CENTER MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 121 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1864 and 1898.

  1. Puck Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Saint Patrick's Chancery Office Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    360 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Petrosino Square
    1,030 feet
  2. DeSalvio Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Liz Christy Garden
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mulberry Street Library
    170 feet
  2. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Landmark · listed historic place
    320 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    550 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    920 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 137 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jersey Street or Lafayette 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.