8th Avenue & Horatio Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and Horatio Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jane Street Garden is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 119 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
470 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
8 Av/W 4 St · M20
Within a walk
25 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & Horatio Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    470 feet
    A C E L

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    1,020 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life Underground” (2001) by Tom Otterness at the 14 St/8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/W 4 St, 60 feet away, for the M20.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 4 St M20
    60 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich Ave & 8 Ave 75 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 450 West 17th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 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 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Horatio Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Horatio Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105196.

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 four Individual Landmarks, and 337 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1843 and 1886.

  1. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. New York Public Library Jackson Square Branch Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. New York Savings Bank Designated landmark
    550 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in St. Vincent's Triangle.

  1. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    740 feet
  2. Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue by Philip H. Martiny, 1921
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    490 feet
  2. International Language Center Trade or language school
    510 feet
  3. Notre Dame School
    620 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. West Village Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  4. Corlears School
    1,130 feet
  5. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  6. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackson Square
    80 feet
  2. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    250 feet
  3. Jane Street Garden
    370 feet
Show all 7
  1. Abingdon Square
    680 feet
  2. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    810 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    940 feet
  4. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    350 feet
  2. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    400 feet
  3. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    430 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    530 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 119 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or Horatio Street.

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.