5th Avenue & 9th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 9th Street is in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Fifth Avenue Hotel stands 210 feet away, and Jefferson Market Garden is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about five minutes on foot, and 18 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 88 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
5 Av/W 10 St · M1, M2, M3, M55
Within a walk
22 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 18 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. Astor Pl 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 10 St, 170 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M55.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 10 St M1, M2, M3, M55
    170 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 5th Avenue and 9th Street.

  • 75 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. E 10 St & 5 Ave 43 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are 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 1909 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 95 signs on these blocks
  • 27 different rules
  • 12 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and May 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 8:30am to 7pm on 9th Street (south side).

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of 9th Street

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300473, 312177, 330533 and 330534.

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 326 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1839 and 1876.

  1. Fifth Avenue Hotel Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Hotel Marlton Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    350 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
    660 feet
  2. George Washington Accompanied by Wisdom and Justice Statue by Alexander Stirling Calder, 1918
    660 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    190 feet
  2. La Petite Ecole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  3. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    390 feet
  2. New York Grad Sch Psychoanal College
    610 feet
  3. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    870 feet
  4. The First Presbyterian Church in the City of N.Y. Preschool
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    690 feet
  2. Toddler Playground
    730 feet
  3. Washington Square Park Playground
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Salmagundi Club Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Macmillan Building Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Hotel Albert Listed historic place
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Gen. Winfield Scott House Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 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
    1,280 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 88 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 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.