East 6th Street & Cooper Square

East 6th Street and Cooper Square meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Cooper Triangle is 60 feet away, and Grace Church High School is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 14 of them listed historic places, and 177 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Cooper Sq/E 6 St · M103
Within a walk
47 places
14 listed historic places, 6 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 6th Street & Cooper Square Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    750 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
    1,140 feet
    R W
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.3 miles
    6 B D F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (1986) by Milton Glaser at the Astor Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cooper Sq/E 6 St, 50 feet away, for the M103.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cooper Sq/E 6 St M103
    50 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 5 St & Cooper Sq 50 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 February 2026.

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
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 1886 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 6th Street (north side).

East side of Cooper Square

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of Cooper Square

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 6th Street

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 6th Street

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 TUESDAY 6AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104878, 105399 and 106069.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 193 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1851 and 1897.

  1. Village Voice Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Carl Fischer Music Publisher Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. Beethoven Maennerchor Hall Designated landmark
    400 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Cooper Square.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Church High School
    230 feet
  2. Learning and Fun Preschool
    300 feet
  3. La Salle Academy School
    310 feet
Show all 8
  1. St George Academy School
    310 feet
  2. Cooper Union College · listed historic place
    340 feet
  3. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    420 feet
  4. St. John's University Manhattan College
    870 feet
  5. Harvey Milk High School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    60 feet
  2. Manuel Plaza Park
    510 feet
  3. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    200 feet
  2. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    590 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    870 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    1,300 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Ukrainian Museum
    440 feet
  2. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Merchant's House Museum
    600 feet
Show all 17
  1. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    750 feet
  4. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    770 feet
  5. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    940 feet
  6. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  7. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  8. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  9. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  10. Ottendorfer Library
    1,220 feet
  11. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  12. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  13. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  14. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    530 feet
  3. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    280 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 33/Ladder 9 Fire station · listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. 9th Precinct Police station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 177 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cooper Square or East 6th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.