Spring Street & Mercer Street

Spring Street and Mercer 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, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. "Little" Singer Building stands 470 feet away, and DeSalvio Playground is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about three minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 96 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
710 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Broadway/Spring St · M1, M55
Within a walk
15 places
3 listed historic places, 3 museums and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Spring Street & Mercer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St 6
    710 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
    760 feet
    R W
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.3 miles
    6 B D F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Spring St, 330 feet away, for the M1 and M55.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Spring St M1, M55 · Shelter
    330 feet
    M1 M55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Spring Street.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mercer St & Spring St 67 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, 1.1 miles 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1878 and 1899.

Trees

Three trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Mercer Street

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

North side of Spring Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Spring Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102799 and 106586.

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, 320 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1868 and 1893.

  1. Rouss Building Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. "Little" Singer Building Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. E.V. Haughwout Building Designated landmark
    590 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
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ie New York College
    900 feet
  2. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  3. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Petrosino Square
    990 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. DeSalvio Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    400 feet
  3. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    1,180 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    1,190 feet
  3. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 96 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mercer 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.