5th Avenue & Washington Mews

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and Washington Mews is in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. One Fifth Avenue stands 140 feet away, and Washington Arch stands 260 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about five minutes on foot, and 16 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them colleges, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
W 8 St/5 Av · M8
Within a walk
18 places
4 colleges, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Washington Mews Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,230 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 8 St/5 Av, 250 feet away, for the M8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 79 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
    590 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
    1.3 miles

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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
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 3,900 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 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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 are three Individual Landmarks, and 256 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1838 and 1883.

  1. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Washington Arch Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Hotel Marlton Designated landmark
    290 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
    240 feet
  2. George Washington Accompanied by Wisdom and Justice Statue by Alexander Stirling Calder, 1918
    250 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    20 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    230 feet
  3. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    460 feet
Show all 7
  1. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. La Petite Ecole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  3. New York Grad Sch Psychoanal College
    1,020 feet
  4. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    280 feet
  2. Toddler Playground
    320 feet
  3. Washington Square Park Playground
    350 feet
Show all 4
  1. Play Hills Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Salmagundi Club Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Episcopal Ascension Church Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Conservative Synagogue 5 House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Washington Mews.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.