West Broadway & Spring Street

West Broadway and Spring Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. (former) Substation No. 2 stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Spring St, is about two minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 120 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Spring St
650 feet · 2 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
6 Av/Spring St · M21
Within a walk
24 places
5 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Broadway & Spring Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Spring St, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St C, E
    650 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 A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Spring St, 710 feet away, for the M21.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Spring St M21
    710 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Broadway & Spring St 99 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1884 and 1905.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Spring Street

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

South side of Spring Street

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

East side of West Broadway

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

West side of West Broadway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 359 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1870 and 1900.

  1. (former) Substation No. 2 Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse (former Engine Company No. 13) Designated landmark
    230 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at 110 Greene Street.

  1. Subway Map Floating on a New York Sidewalk Installation by Francoise Schein, 1985
    620 feet
  2. General José Artigas Statue by José Luis Zorilla de San Martin, 1987
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ie New York College
    670 feet
  2. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. NYC Ischool School
    1,150 feet
  2. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vesuvio Playground Landmark
    260 feet
  2. Spring Street Park
    770 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Charlton Plaza
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. Drawing Center Museum
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  4. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    890 feet
  2. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    800 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 120 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 Spring 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.