West Houston Street & Greene Street

West Houston Street and Greene Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mercer Playground is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 114 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
West Houston St/Greene St · M21
Within a walk
18 places
4 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Houston Street & Greene Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 620 feet from this corner, about two 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
    620 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
    990 feet
    R W
  2. Spring St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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/Greene St, 60 feet away, for the M21.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Greene St M21 · Shelter
    60 feet
    M21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene St & Prince St 45 docks in all
    480 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, 1.5 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Greene Street

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

West side of Greene Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Houston Street

  • 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 in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 211 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1898.

  1. Silver Towers II Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Silver Towers I Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. The Cable Building Designated landmark
    380 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
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 2 public spaces
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    700 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mercer Playground
    780 feet
  2. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    820 feet
  3. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    590 feet
  2. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,090 feet
  2. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,100 feet
  3. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    1,110 feet
Show all 6
  1. Puck Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 114 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greene Street or West Houston Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.