MacDougal Street & King Street

MacDougal Street and King Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Cooke School and Institute is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, seven of them parks, and 247 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas · M21
Within a walk
32 places
7 parks, 6 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
MacDougal Street & King Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St C, E
    760 feet
    C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. C …
  2. E …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. C …
  2. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Houston St 1
    830 feet
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas, 370 feet away, for the M21.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas M21
    370 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 119 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDougal St & Prince St 56 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2020.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 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 1893 and 1916.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of King Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of King Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 365 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1841 and 1903.

  1. St. Anthony's School Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. St. Anthony's Rectory Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. St. Anthony's Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 7 parks
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    90 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lrei School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground of the Americas Playground
    170 feet
  2. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    260 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    330 feet
Show all 12
  1. Charlton Plaza
    340 feet
  2. Minetta Triangle
    970 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    980 feet
  4. Vesuvio Playground
    990 feet
  5. Father Demo Square
    1,000 feet
  6. Spring Street Park
    1,080 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,160 feet
  8. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  9. Minetta Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    330 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    850 feet
  2. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 247 places to eat and 17 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 King Street or MacDougal Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.