East 8th Street & 4th Avenue

East 8th Street and 4th Avenue meet at a six-way junction in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Astor Place Plaza is 110 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 44 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 164 places to eat. About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
130 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
E 8 St/Lafayette St · M1, M2, M3, M8
Within a walk
44 places
10 listed historic places, 6 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 8th Street & 4th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    130 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
    520 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 E 8 St/Lafayette St, 170 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M8.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 8 St/Lafayette St M1, M2, M3, M8
    170 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M8

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 112 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
    130 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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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 two travel lanes
  • Four of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

North side of Astor Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

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

North side of East 8th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 8th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 92 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
    180 feet
  2. Carl Fischer Music Publisher Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex Designated landmark
    320 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
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 10 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
    240 feet
  2. Grace Church High School
    460 feet
  3. Harvey Milk High School
    670 feet
Show all 11
  1. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. La Salle Academy School
    920 feet
  3. St George Academy School
    920 feet
  4. Learning and Fun Preschool
    920 feet
  5. Cooper Union College · listed historic place
    960 feet
  6. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  7. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    1,190 feet
  8. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    340 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    960 feet
  3. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    110 feet
  2. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    240 feet
  3. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    770 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Ottendorfer Library
    970 feet
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  1. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    820 feet
  4. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    980 feet
  5. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  6. The Ukrainian Museum
    1,060 feet
  7. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  8. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  9. Merchant's House Museum
    1,220 feet
  10. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    460 feet
  3. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cityvine Church Landmark · listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. Grace Church Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    600 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    70 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 164 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 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue, Astor Place, Cooper Square or East 8th Street.

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.