Varick Street & Dominick Street

Varick Street and Dominick Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School is 360 feet away, and Village Post Office is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them parks, and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Varick St/Watts St · M20
Within a walk
25 places
5 parks, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Varick Street & Dominick Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St C, E
    640 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 1
    820 feet
    1
  2. Houston St 1
    1,040 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Varick St/Watts St, 550 feet away, for the M20.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Varick St/Watts St M20
    550 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 115 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Varick St & Watts St 49 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dominick Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of Dominick Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Varick Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Varick Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 66 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1829 and 1903.

  1. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. The Elisabeth Erwin High School Designated landmark
    750 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
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    360 feet
  2. NYC Ischool School
    360 feet
  3. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    550 feet
  2. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  4. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Street Park
    500 feet
  2. Father Fagan Park
    980 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Charlton Plaza
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    220 feet
  2. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York City Fire Museum
    360 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Museum
    670 feet
  3. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  2. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  3. James Brown House Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    780 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,150 feet
  3. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    540 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    670 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dominick Street or Varick Street.

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