East 6th Street & Taras Shevchenko Place

East 6th Street and Taras Shevchenko Place meet at a four-way crossing in the East Village, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. La Salle Academy is 130 feet away, and St George Academy is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about four minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 159 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
930 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Cooper Sq/E 6 St · M103
Within a walk
39 places
10 listed historic places, 7 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 6th Street & Taras Shevchenko Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    930 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
    1,310 feet
    R W
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.4 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, 180 feet away, for the M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 151 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 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
    480 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2018.

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1889 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and July 2026, 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 (south side).

North side of East 6th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Taras Shevchenko Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of Taras Shevchenko Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103183 and 107111.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 216 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1848 and 1897.

  1. Beethoven Maennerchor Hall Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Hebrew Actors' Union Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. Village Voice Designated landmark
    410 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
    300 feet
  2. Alamo Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1967
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 theaters or concert halls
  • 3 schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Learning and Fun Preschool
    120 feet
  2. La Salle Academy School
    130 feet
  3. St George Academy School
    130 feet
Show all 7
  1. Grace Church High School
    410 feet
  2. Cooper Union College · listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    600 feet
  4. St. John's University Manhattan College
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    230 feet
  2. Manuel Plaza Park
    680 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    380 feet
  2. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    770 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Ukrainian Museum
    260 feet
  2. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    690 feet
Show all 13
  1. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Merchant's House Museum
    770 feet
  3. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    830 feet
  4. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    900 feet
  5. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    950 feet
  6. Ottendorfer Library
    1,150 feet
  7. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  8. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  9. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  10. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    710 feet
  3. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. 9th Precinct Police station
    1,030 feet
  2. Engine 33/Ladder 9 Fire station · listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    870 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 159 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 6th Street or Taras Shevchenko Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.