West Houston Street & Wooster Street

West Houston Street and Wooster Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Silver Towers II stands 150 feet away, and William F. Passannante Ballfield is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 124 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
West Houston St/West Broadway · M21
Within a walk
23 places
4 playgrounds, 4 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Houston Street & Wooster Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 870 feet from this corner, about three 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
    870 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
    1,240 feet
    R W
  2. Houston St 1
    0.4 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/West Broadway, 80 feet away, for the M21.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/West Broadway M21 · Shelter
    80 feet
    M21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Broadway & W Houston St 50 docks in all
    540 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
    1.2 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of West Houston Street

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

East side of Wooster Street

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

West side of Wooster Street

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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 243 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1902.

  1. Silver Towers II Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. 505 LaGuardia Place Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. Silver Towers I Designated landmark
    360 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
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,150 feet
  2. New York University College
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    570 feet
  2. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    750 feet
  3. Mercer Playground
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Adrienne's Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,160 feet
  4. Vesuvio Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    580 feet
  2. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    840 feet
  2. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    850 feet
  3. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 124 places to eat and 11 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 West Houston Street or Wooster 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.