West Houston Street & Sullivan Street

West Houston Street and Sullivan Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Anthony of Padua Church is 140 feet away, and St. Anthony's Rectory stands 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, seven of them parks, and 242 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
West Houston St/Sullivan St · M21
Within a walk
33 places
7 parks, 5 listed historic places and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Houston Street & Sullivan Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    1,130 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
    1,200 feet
    C E
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    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/Sullivan St, 50 feet away, for the M21.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Sullivan St M21
    50 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDougal St & Prince St 56 docks in all
    670 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
    0.6 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 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 May 2026.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1894 and 1911.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 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
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sullivan Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Sullivan Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West Houston Street

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

South side of West Houston Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 370 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1844 and 1903.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 7 parks
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    400 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · landmark
    870 feet
  3. Lrei School
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,290 feet
  2. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    320 feet
  2. Playground of the Americas Playground
    410 feet
  3. Father Fagan Park
    750 feet
Show all 11
  1. Charlton Plaza
    780 feet
  2. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    800 feet
  3. Vesuvio Playground
    930 feet
  4. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,020 feet
  5. Minetta Triangle
    1,030 feet
  6. Downing Street Playground
    1,040 feet
  7. Father Demo Square
    1,070 feet
  8. Minetta Green
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    940 feet
  2. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,160 feet
  4. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    140 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    830 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    680 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 242 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Sullivan 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.