Cooper Square & Astor Place

Cooper Square and Astor Place meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Foundation Building, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 12 of them listed historic places, and 158 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
180 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Lafayette St/Astor Pl · M1
Within a walk
46 places
12 listed historic places, 6 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cooper Square & Astor Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    180 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    560 feet
    R W
  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 “Untitled” (1986) by Milton Glaser at the Astor Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette St/Astor Pl, 210 feet away, for the M1.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette St/Astor Pl M1 · Shelter
    210 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 116 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cooper Square & Astor Pl 87 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 5-9 Union Square West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Cooper Square

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 97 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1892.

  1. Foundation Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Carl Fischer Music Publisher Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex Designated landmark
    350 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
    80 feet
  2. Peter Cooper Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1897
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 12 listed historic places
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 4 public spaces
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. John's University Manhattan College
    300 feet
  2. Grace Church High School
    410 feet
  3. Harvey Milk High School
    630 feet
Show all 11
  1. La Salle Academy School
    860 feet
  2. St George Academy School
    860 feet
  3. Learning and Fun Preschool
    870 feet
  4. Cooper Union College · listed historic place
    910 feet
  5. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    950 feet
  6. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    990 feet
  7. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    1,140 feet
  8. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    290 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    1,010 feet
  3. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    160 feet
  2. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    190 feet
  3. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    300 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    730 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. The Ukrainian Museum
    1,010 feet
Show all 15
  1. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    870 feet
  4. Ottendorfer Library
    1,020 feet
  5. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  6. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  7. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  8. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  9. Merchant's House Museum
    1,160 feet
  10. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  11. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  12. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    430 feet
  3. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cityvine Church Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    640 feet
  3. Grace Church Listed historic place
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    180 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    660 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    120 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 158 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astor Place or Cooper Square.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.