La Guardia Place & West 3rd Street

La Guardia Place and West 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the South Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Adrienne's Playground is 160 feet away, and Fiorello H La Guardia Monument is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places and 161 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
West Houston St/Laguardia Pl · M21
Within a walk
25 places
6 playgrounds, 4 colleges and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
La Guardia Place & West 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,170 feet
    A B C D E F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.4 miles
    6 B D F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Laguardia Pl, 1,050 feet away, for the M21.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Laguardia Pl M21 · Shelter
    1,050 feet
    M21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on La Guardia Place and West 3rd Street.

  • 95 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. LaGuardia Pl & W 3 St 51 docks in all
    80 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 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
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of La Guardia Place

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

South side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102357.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the South Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 127 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1901.

  1. (former) Fire Patrol No. 2 Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Judson Hall Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. Sullivan Street Industrial School Designated landmark
    470 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Washington Square Park.

  1. Giuseppe Garibaldi Statue by Giovanni Turini, 1888
    540 feet
  2. Alexander Lyman Holley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1890
    670 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 playgrounds
  • 4 colleges
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 research libraries
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Liu-New York University Campus College
    260 feet
  2. New York University College
    270 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  2. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    1,180 feet
  3. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    50 feet
  2. Adrienne's Playground
    160 feet
  3. Washington Square Park
    300 feet
Show all 10
  1. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. Mercer Playground
    730 feet
  3. Play Hills Playground
    810 feet
  4. Washington Square Park Playground
    1,010 feet
  5. Minetta Playground
    1,090 feet
  6. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,150 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    250 feet
  2. New York University Libraries Research library
    260 feet
  3. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    270 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    400 feet
  2. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    630 feet
  2. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    850 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 161 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along La Guardia Place or West 3rd Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.