Thompson Street & West Houston Street

Thompson Street and West Houston Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 644 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua Friary stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places and 214 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
West Houston St/Sullivan St · M21
Within a walk
29 places
5 parks, 5 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thompson Street & West Houston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.3 miles
    6 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Spring St C, E
    0.3 miles
    C E

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signal” (1997) by Mel Chin and “Hive (Bleecker Street)” (2012) by Leo Villareal at the Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Sullivan St, 160 feet away, for the M21.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Sullivan St M21
    160 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 77 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. Thompson St & Bleecker St 61 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.5 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
    0.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 644 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,034th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 252 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
1 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,700 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 1894 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Thompson Street

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

North side of West Houston Street

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

South side of West Houston Street

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-8PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 341 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1903.

  1. Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua Friary Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. St. Anthony's Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. St. Anthony's Rectory Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    650 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,130 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lrei School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    550 feet
  2. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    570 feet
  3. Playground of the Americas Playground
    660 feet
Show all 10
  1. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    770 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground
    780 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    1,000 feet
  4. Charlton Plaza
    1,030 feet
  5. Adrienne's Playground
    1,120 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    1,280 feet
  7. Downing Street Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    720 feet
  3. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    920 feet
  2. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    780 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    560 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 214 places to eat and 14 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 Thompson Street or West Houston Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.