Thompson Street & Prince Street

Thompson Street and Prince 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, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Vesuvio Playground is 280 feet away, and LaGuardia Corner Community Garden is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 157 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
6 Av/Prince St · M21, M55, SIM1C, SIM3C +5
Within a walk
24 places
5 listed historic places, 5 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thompson Street & Prince Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St C, E
    950 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. Prince St R, W
    1,230 feet
    R W
  2. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Prince St, 610 feet away, for the M21, M55, SIM1C, SIM3C and five more.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Prince St M21, M55, SIM1C, SIM3C +5 · Shelter
    610 feet
    M21 M55 SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C SIM7 SIM9 SIM33 SIM33C
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …
  2. M55 …
  3. SIM1C …
  4. SIM3C …
  5. SIM4C …
  6. SIM7 …
  7. SIM9 …
  8. SIM33 …
  9. SIM33C …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Broadway & W Houston St 50 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1889 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prince Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Prince Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 373 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1902.

  1. St. Anthony's Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua Friary Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. (former) Substation No. 2 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
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    910 feet
  2. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    280 feet
  2. Father Fagan Park
    500 feet
  3. Charlton Plaza
    650 feet
Show all 8
  1. Playground of the Americas Playground
    990 feet
  2. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  3. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,070 feet
  4. Spring Street Park
    1,080 feet
  5. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,220 feet
  3. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 157 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Prince 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.