Broadway & Astor Place

Broadway and Astor Place meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the NoHo Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harvey Milk High School is 110 feet away, and Cooper Post Office is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 114 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
180 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
E 8 St/Mercer St · M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
Within a walk
29 places
5 listed historic places, 4 colleges and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Astor Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    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. Astor Pl 6
    440 feet
    6
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

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 E 8 St/Mercer St, 230 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M8 and M55.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 8 St/Mercer St M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
    230 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M8 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M8 …
  5. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

  • 132 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette St & Astor Pl 105 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2018
  • Leading pedestrian interval, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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 1929 and 1964.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 10pm on Astor Place (north side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 10pm on Broadway (west side).

North side of Astor Place

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Astor Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101392, 102487, 103176 and 106298.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the NoHo Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 70 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1904.

  1. The Sinclair Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. The Andre and Bella Meyer Physics Hall Designated landmark
    550 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Astor Place.

  1. Alamo Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1967
    510 feet
  2. Peter Cooper Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1897
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 colleges
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harvey Milk High School
    110 feet
  2. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    560 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College · landmark
    780 feet
  2. St. John's University Manhattan College
    870 feet
  3. Grace Church High School
    990 feet
  4. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  5. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    880 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    1,020 feet
  3. Mercer Playground
    1,300 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Square Park Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    140 feet
  2. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    150 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    510 feet
  2. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Cooper Union Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    330 feet
  2. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    470 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    700 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 114 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Astor Place or Broadway.

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.