5th Avenue & 8th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 8th Street is in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Marlton stands 190 feet away, and New York Studio School is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about four minutes on foot, and 18 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 85 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
W 8 St/5 Av · M8
Within a walk
22 places
5 listed historic places, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 18 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    1,180 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,190 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. Astor Pl 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Broadway Diary” (2002) by Timothy Snell at the 8 St-NYU station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 8 St/5 Av, 100 feet away, for the M8.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 8 St/5 Av M8
    100 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 5th Avenue and 8th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Pl & E 8 St 79 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,500 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 1921 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 117 signs on these blocks
  • 31 different rules
  • 13 active meters
  • 7 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to midnight on 8th Street (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 8th Street (south side).

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of 8th Street

  • Metered parking 12 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104525, 104739, 302050, 304653, 304654, 312177 and 313784.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 290 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1839 and 1878.

  1. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Hotel Marlton Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. Fifth Avenue Hotel Designated landmark
    380 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Washington Square Park.

  1. George Washington Accompanied by Fame and Valor Statue by Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1916
    410 feet
  2. George Washington Accompanied by Wisdom and Justice Statue by Alexander Stirling Calder, 1918
    410 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    70 feet
  2. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    140 feet
  3. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    310 feet
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  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    620 feet
  2. La Petite Ecole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  3. New York Grad Sch Psychoanal College
    860 feet
  4. The First Presbyterian Church in the City of N.Y. Preschool
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    440 feet
  2. Toddler Playground
    480 feet
  3. Washington Square Park Playground
    510 feet
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  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet
  2. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Salmagundi Club Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Macmillan Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Hotel Albert Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
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  1. Gen. Winfield Scott House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  2. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Episcopal Ascension Church Landmark · listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    890 feet
  3. Conservative Synagogue 5 House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 85 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue.

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