 With the reconstruction of the World Trade Center, Fulton Street was extended past Church Street to West Street, but is closed off to vehicular traffic west of Church Street.A reconstruction project has been rebuilding parts of the street since 2005, and was completed in 2018.

, Houston Street is served by the New York City Bus route from the FDR Drive to Washington Street.The bus route itself had replaced an earlier streetcar line, which is now the from Avenues A to C.

A portion of the New York City Subway's IND Sixth Avenue Line runs under Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue to just before Avenue A; there are stations at Second Avenue () and Broadway – Lafayette Street ().