Spring Street & Thompson Street

Spring Street and Thompson Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Vesuvio Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about two minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 127 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
430 feet · 2 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
6 Av/Spring St · M21
Within a walk
26 places
5 listed historic places, 5 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Spring Street & Thompson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St C, E
    430 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. Canal St A, C, E
    1,280 feet
    A C E
  2. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Spring St, 480 feet away, for the M21.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Spring St M21
    480 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Spring Street and Thompson Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Broadway & Spring St 99 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1888 and 1908.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Spring Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Spring Street

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

East side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 315 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1869 and 1902.

  1. (former) Substation No. 2 Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse (former Engine Company No. 13) Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Spring Street Park.

  1. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 museums
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Ie New York College
    890 feet
  3. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. NYC Ischool School
    930 feet
  2. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    40 feet
  2. Spring Street Park
    550 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Charlton Plaza
    1,060 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    1,170 feet
  3. Grand Canal Court Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
Show all 7
  1. Drawing Center Museum
    1,080 feet
  2. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  4. New York City Fire Museum
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    800 feet
  2. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    580 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 127 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Spring Street or Thompson 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.