Mercer Street & West Houston Street

Mercer Street and West Houston Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Cable Building stands 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 98 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
370 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
West Houston St/Mercer St · SIM7, SIM9, SIM33
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mercer Street & West Houston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    370 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
    740 feet
    R W
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    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 West Houston St/Mercer St, 50 feet away, for the SIM7, SIM9 and SIM33.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Mercer St SIM7, SIM9, SIM33
    50 feet
    SIM7 SIM9 SIM33

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM7 …
  2. SIM9 …
  3. SIM33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mercer St & Bleecker St 67 docks in all
    540 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, 1.3 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
    1,210 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
1 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of West Houston Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Houston Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 175 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1876 and 1897.

  1. The Cable Building Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Silver Towers I Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. Silver Towers II Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at 110 Greene Street.

  1. Subway Map Floating on a New York Sidewalk Installation by Francoise Schein, 1985
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mercer Playground
    530 feet
  2. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    350 feet
  2. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    860 feet
  2. Puck Building Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Mulberry Street Library
    1,100 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  2. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    360 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 98 places to eat and five 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 Mercer Street or West Houston 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.