Lafayette Street & Astor Place

Lafayette Street and Astor Place meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Joseph Papp Way by local law. It lies on the edge of the NoHo Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex stands 250 feet away, and Public Theater is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places and 143 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Lafayette St/Astor Pl · M1
Within a walk
43 places
11 listed historic places, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & Astor Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    60 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. 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 Lafayette St/Astor Pl, 40 feet away, for the M1.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette St/Astor Pl M1 · Shelter
    40 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette St & Astor Pl 105 docks in all
    70 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. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Joseph Papp Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2026 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 10pm on Astor Place (north side).

North side of Astor Place

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Astor Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102487 and 103176.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the NoHo Historic District.

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 79 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1867 and 1897.

  1. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. The Sinclair Building Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Carl Fischer Music Publisher Designated landmark
    270 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
    110 feet
  2. Peter Cooper Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1897
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 11 listed historic places
  • 5 schools
  • 4 colleges
  • 4 parks
  • 4 public spaces
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harvey Milk High School
    440 feet
  2. St. John's University Manhattan College
    470 feet
  3. Grace Church High School
    590 feet
Show all 12
  1. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    960 feet
  2. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  4. La Salle Academy School
    1,050 feet
  5. St George Academy School
    1,050 feet
  6. Learning and Fun Preschool
    1,060 feet
  7. Cooper Union College · listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  8. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    1,170 feet
  9. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    480 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    1,190 feet
  3. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    110 feet
  2. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    180 feet
  3. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    540 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. Merchant's House Museum
    1,140 feet
Show all 14
  1. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    980 feet
  4. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  5. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  6. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  7. The Ukrainian Museum
    1,190 feet
  8. Ottendorfer Library
    1,200 feet
  9. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  10. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  11. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    300 feet
  2. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cityvine Church Landmark · listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Grace Church Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    830 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 143 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astor Place or Lafayette 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.