West Broadway & West Houston Street

West Broadway and West Houston 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, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,845 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. A designated landmark, 505 LaGuardia Place, stands 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6, B, D and two more.

Safety record
19 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
West Houston St/Laguardia Pl · M21
Within a walk
30 places
4 parks, 4 playgrounds and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Broadway & West Houston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    1,130 feet
    6 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Prince St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signal” (1997) by Mel Chin and “Hive (Bleecker Street)” (2012) by Leo Villareal at the Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Laguardia Pl, 40 feet away, for the M21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on La Guardia Place and West Broadway.

  • 80 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,845 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 311th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,181 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
1 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,100 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 1888 and 1911.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of La Guardia Place

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West Broadway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of West Broadway

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

North side of West Houston Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Houston Street

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-8PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104691.

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 311 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1902.

  1. 505 LaGuardia Place Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua Friary Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Silver Towers II Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 colleges
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    890 feet
  2. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
Show all 6
  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  2. Liu-New York University Campus College
    1,290 feet
  3. New York University College
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    530 feet
  3. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    800 feet
Show all 9
  1. Adrienne's Playground
    880 feet
  2. Playground of the Americas Playground
    890 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground
    1,010 feet
  4. Mercer Playground
    1,210 feet
  5. Father Fagan Park
    1,230 feet
  6. Charlton Plaza
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    810 feet
  2. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    650 feet
  2. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    800 feet
  3. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. New York University Libraries Research library
    1,290 feet
  4. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 165 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along La Guardia Place, West Broadway or West Houston Street.

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