Washington Street & Spring Street

Washington Street and Spring Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hudson River Park is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and 40 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Spring St/Greenwich St · M21
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 2 public spaces and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Spring Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St C, E
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Houston St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Spring St/Greenwich St, 280 feet away, for the M21.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St/Greenwich St M21
    280 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Spring Street and Washington Street.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Spring St & Hudson St 51 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.5 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 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 August 2015 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Spring Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 4AM-6AM

South side of Spring Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 4AM-6AM

East side of Washington Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 13 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Federal. They were mostly built between 1818 and 1892.

  1. Fleming Smith Warehouse Designated landmark
    760 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Canal Park
    320 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    400 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,130 feet
  2. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Brown House Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. New York City Fire Museum
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Spring Street or Washington 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.