Spring Street & Elizabeth Street

Spring Street and Elizabeth Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named William and Sarah Richio Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bowery Mission, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowery, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 194 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowery
650 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Bowery/Spring St · M103
Within a walk
22 places
6 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Spring Street & Elizabeth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowery, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery J, Z
    650 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St 6
    680 feet
    6
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Spring St, 320 feet away, for the M103.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Spring St M103
    320 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Spring Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kenmare St & Elizabeth St 54 docks in all
    300 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
    1.6 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
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
41 feet above sea level

This corner is also named William and Sarah Richio Way, a co-naming enacted on October 2, 2012 (Local Law 48 of 2012).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1920.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on William and Sarah Richio Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Spring Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Spring Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1825 and 1899.

  1. Germania Bank Building Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Young Men's Institute Building Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Bowery Mission Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 fire stations
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DeSalvio Playground
    360 feet
  2. Petrosino Square
    950 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    980 feet
  2. Rivington St Playground
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citizenm Bowery Public space
    460 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Bowery Historic District Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. Westchester House Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. New Museum
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 180 Mott Street Older adult center
    510 feet
  2. Older adult center at 30 Delancy Street Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 55 Fire station · landmark
    700 feet
  2. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 194 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elizabeth 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, NYC Records, 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.