East 9th Street & University Place

East 9th Street and University Place meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Terrence McNally Way by local law. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Van Rensselaer stands 620 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about four minutes on foot, and 16 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 104 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
940 feet · 4 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
E 9 St/University Pl · M8
Within a walk
25 places
6 religious buildings, 4 colleges and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 9th Street & University Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    940 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
    0.3 miles
    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 9 St/University Pl, 110 feet away, for the M8.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 9 St/University Pl M8
    110 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 9th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Pl & E 8 St 79 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Terrence McNally Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,900 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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Terrence McNally Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 9th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of University Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of University Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106861.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 138 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1890.

  1. Hotel Grosvenor Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. Hotel Van Rensselaer Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 colleges
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    680 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    890 feet
Show all 9
  1. La Petite Ecole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. New York Grad Sch Psychoanal College
    1,120 feet
  4. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    1,160 feet
  5. HGL Art Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  6. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    680 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    960 feet
  3. Toddler Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    990 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hotel Albert Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Salmagundi Club Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. 821 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Conservative Synagogue 5 Landmark
    750 feet
  2. Episcopal Ascension Church Landmark · listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Village Temple House of worship
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Grace Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    960 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 104 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 9th Street or University Place.

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