Mercer Street & Howard Street

Mercer Street and Howard Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Aaron Constable Store stands 100 feet away, and Albert Capsouto Park is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
400 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Broadway/Grand St · M55
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mercer Street & Howard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    400 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    1,180 feet
    A C E
  2. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Grand St, 530 feet away, for the M55.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Grand St M55 · Shelter
    530 feet
    M55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lispenard St & Broadway 79 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Howard Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Howard Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 103248.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 323 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1882.

  1. Aaron Constable Store Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. Jeweler's Craft Building Designated landmark
    290 feet
  3. Clark Building Designated landmark
    290 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    870 feet
  2. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Tribeca Park
    1,230 feet
  3. Albert Capsouto Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    950 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    980 feet
  3. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,020 feet
  2. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    620 feet
  2. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    980 feet
  3. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    640 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and ten 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 Howard Street or Mercer 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.