Thompson Street & Watts Street

Thompson Street and Watts Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of 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. The statue “Juan Pablo Duarte” is 540 feet away, and Soho Playhouse is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, five of them parks, and 95 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
660 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
6 Av/Broome St · M55
Within a walk
28 places
5 parks, 4 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thompson Street & Watts Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    660 feet
    A C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 1
    960 feet
    1
  2. Spring St C, E
    990 feet
    C E

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Gathering” (2001) by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Broome St, 440 feet away, for the M55.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Broome St M55
    440 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thompson Street.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Broadway & Watts St 51 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.2 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1891 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Watts Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

South side of Watts Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 208 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1868 and 1900.

  1. (former) Substation No. 2 Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Duarte Square.

  1. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    540 feet
  2. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    570 feet
  3. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    570 feet
  2. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. NYC Ischool School
    710 feet
  2. Ie New York College
    760 feet
  3. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  4. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duarte Square
    550 feet
  2. Grand Canal Court Park
    610 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground
    660 feet
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  1. Spring Street Park
    830 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    890 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    1,110 feet
  2. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    580 feet
  3. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    780 feet
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  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    840 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    930 feet
  3. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    590 feet
  2. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    890 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    950 feet
  3. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 95 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Thompson Street or Watts 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.