Washington Street & West Houston Street

Washington Street and West Houston Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Village Post Office is 1,050 feet away, and Tony Dapolito Recreation Center is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them schools, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
10 feet
West Houston St/Washington St · SIM7, SIM9
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & West Houston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    1,100 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
    0.5 miles
    C E

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Washington St, 10 feet away, for the SIM7 and SIM9.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Washington St SIM7, SIM9
    10 feet
    SIM7 SIM9

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM7 …
  2. SIM9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Street and West Houston Street.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich St & W Houston St 80 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.7 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
1 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 193 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Washington Street

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

West side of Washington Street

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

North side of West Houston Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Houston Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High School M560 - City As School
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    1,020 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. M.S. 297 School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    610 feet
  2. James J Walker Park
    920 feet
  3. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Saatchi & Saatchi Public space
    540 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Brown House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,230 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Washington Street or West Houston 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.