Broadway & East 8th Street

Broadway and East 8th Street 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, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 613 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The Sinclair Building stands 130 feet away, and Cityvine Church is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about a minute on foot, for the R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and 126 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Broadway & East 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 40 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
    40 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
    390 feet
    6
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.3 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, 50 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M8 and M55.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 8 St/Mercer St M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
    50 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 and East 8th Street.

  • 113 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette St & Astor Pl 105 docks in all
    600 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
    1.2 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 613 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,058th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 326 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two 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 1929 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 1AM-7AM ALL DAYS

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 1AM-7AM ALL DAYS

North side of East 8th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103175, 104503 and 104504.

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 six Individual Landmarks, and 51 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1800 and 1987.

  1. The Sinclair Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Carl Fischer Music Publisher Designated landmark
    620 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
    460 feet
  2. Peter Cooper Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1897
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Harvey Milk High School
    330 feet
  2. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    760 feet
  3. St. John's University Manhattan College
    780 feet
Show all 9
  1. Grace Church School Landmark · listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Grace Church High School
    990 feet
  4. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    1,000 feet
  5. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    1,180 feet
  6. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    880 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    360 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    480 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    650 feet
  2. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Cooper Union Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    980 feet
Show all 8
  1. 821 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  4. Hotel Albert Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  5. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    550 feet
  2. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Landmark · listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    170 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    460 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    820 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    600 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 126 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or East 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.