Varick Street & Charlton Street

Varick Street and Charlton Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Elisabeth Erwin High School stands 240 feet away, and Tony Dapolito Pool is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, five of them parks, and 123 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Varick St/Charlton St · M20
Within a walk
28 places
5 parks, 5 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Varick Street & Charlton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    250 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St C, E
    750 feet
    C E
  2. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Platform Diving” (1994) by Deborah Brown at the Houston St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Varick St/Charlton St, 120 feet away, for the M20.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Varick St/Charlton St M20 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Charlton Street.

  • 139 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. King St & Varick St 36 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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.

Since 2014 at least 46 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Charlton Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYS LOTTERY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

South side of Charlton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

East side of Varick Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 4AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Varick Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 106163, 106246 and 107036.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 96 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal, and mostly built between 1828 and 1892.

  1. The Elisabeth Erwin High School Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 parks
  • 5 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    230 feet
  2. High School M560 - City As School
    920 feet
  3. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,090 feet
  2. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    1,140 feet
  3. NYC Ischool School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlton Plaza
    580 feet
  2. Father Fagan Park
    620 feet
  3. James J Walker Park
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Spring Street Park
    940 feet
  2. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,100 feet
  4. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    690 feet
  2. Public space at Saatchi & Saatchi Public space
    1,110 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. New York City Fire Museum
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hudson Park Library
    1,040 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    410 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    910 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 123 places to eat and 12 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 Charlton Street or Varick 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.