Lafayette Street & Spring Street

Lafayette Street and Spring Street meet at a six-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Division 1/Ladder 20 firehouse is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them listed historic places, and 173 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
11 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Cleveland Pl/Spring St · M1
Within a walk
24 places
6 listed historic places, 3 museums and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & Spring Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St 6
    100 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Prince St R, W
    930 feet
    R W
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    1,120 feet
    6 B D F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cleveland Pl/Spring St, 60 feet away, for the M1.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cleveland Pl/Spring St M1
    60 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Cleveland Place, Lafayette Street and Spring Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland Pl & Spring St 33 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1900 and 1913.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cleveland Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Cleveland Place

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Lafayette Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPT MEDICAL CENTER MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Spring Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 137 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1866 and 1897.

  1. Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. E.V. Haughwout Building Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Engine Company No. 55 Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 fire stations
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  2. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  3. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Petrosino Square
    190 feet
  2. DeSalvio Playground
    300 feet
  3. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    690 feet
  2. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    700 feet
  3. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    870 feet
Show all 10
  1. Mulberry Street Library
    870 feet
  2. Puck Building Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  5. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  6. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  7. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Landmark · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    890 feet
  2. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    370 feet
  2. Engine 55 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 173 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cleveland Place, Lafayette Street or Spring 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.