West Broadway & Prince Street

West Broadway and Prince Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. (former) Substation No. 2 stands 450 feet away, and Chaim Gross Studio Museum is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Prince St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them parks, and 146 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prince St
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
West Houston St/Laguardia Pl · M21
Within a walk
24 places
5 parks, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Broadway & Prince Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prince St, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prince St R, W
    1,000 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St C, E
    1,180 feet
    C E
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.3 miles
    6 B D F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Carrying On” (2004) by Janet Zweig & Edward del Rosario at the Prince St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Laguardia Pl, 540 feet away, for the M21.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Laguardia Pl M21 · Shelter
    540 feet
    M21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prince Street and West Broadway.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Broadway & W Houston St 50 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.4 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 1886 and 1907.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prince Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Prince Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of West Broadway

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of West Broadway

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 374 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1901.

  1. St. Anthony's Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse (former Engine Company No. 13) Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. (former) Substation No. 2 Designated landmark
    450 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at 110 Greene Street.

  1. Subway Map Floating on a New York Sidewalk Installation by Francoise Schein, 1985
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 museums
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,140 feet
  2. Ie New York College
    1,190 feet
  3. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    510 feet
  2. Father Fagan Park
    730 feet
  3. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    810 feet
Show all 8
  1. Charlton Plaza
    880 feet
  2. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,220 feet
  4. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,300 feet
  5. Spring Street Park
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    1,120 feet
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  1. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,150 feet
  3. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  4. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,220 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 146 places to eat and 11 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 Prince Street or West Broadway.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.