West Houston Street & MacDougal Street

West Houston Street and MacDougal Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Lucy and Lenny Cecere Way by local law. It lies on the edge of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Anthony's School stands 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places and 268 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas · M21
Within a walk
41 places
9 parks, 6 religious buildings and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Houston Street & MacDougal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    880 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
    950 feet
    C E
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,310 feet
    A B C D E F M

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/Avenue of the Americas, 180 feet away, for the M21.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas M21
    180 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 84 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDougal St & Prince St 56 docks in all
    420 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, 1.6 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015

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
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lucy and Lenny Cecere Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 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 1891 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lucy and Lenny Cecere Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West Houston Street

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

South side of West Houston Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 403 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1841 and 1901.

  1. St. Anthony's School Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. St. Anthony's Rectory Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua Friary Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 9 parks
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    150 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · landmark
    620 feet
  3. Lrei School
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  2. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,170 feet
  4. High School M560 - City As School
    1,310 feet
  5. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    70 feet
  2. Playground of the Americas Playground
    160 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    520 feet
Show all 14
  1. Charlton Plaza
    530 feet
  2. Minetta Triangle
    780 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    790 feet
  4. Father Demo Square
    820 feet
  5. Minetta Green
    980 feet
  6. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    1,050 feet
  7. Minetta Playground
    1,120 feet
  8. Vesuvio Playground
    1,170 feet
  9. Spring Street Park
    1,260 feet
  10. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,270 feet
  11. James J Walker Park
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    380 feet
  3. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    500 feet
Show all 5
  1. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    870 feet
  2. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,040 feet
  2. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 268 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along MacDougal Street or West Houston Street.

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