Lafayette Street & East 8th Street

Lafayette Street and East 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the NoHo Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Alamo” is 50 feet away, and Abe Lebewohl Triangle is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 11 of them listed historic places, and 152 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & East 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    80 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
    400 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, 60 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
    60 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M8

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 8th Street and Lafayette Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette St & Astor Pl 105 docks in all
    180 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of East 8th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

West side of Lafayette Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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 ten Individual Landmarks, and 81 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1894.

  1. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Foundation Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. The Sinclair Building 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
    50 feet
  2. Peter Cooper Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1897
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 11 listed historic places
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 colleges
  • 4 parks
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. John's University Manhattan College
    360 feet
  2. Harvey Milk High School
    560 feet
  3. Grace Church High School
    570 feet
Show all 12
  1. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. La Salle Academy School
    1,030 feet
  3. St George Academy School
    1,030 feet
  4. Learning and Fun Preschool
    1,030 feet
  5. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    1,070 feet
  6. Cooper Union College · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  7. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  8. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  9. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    460 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    1,070 feet
  3. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    60 feet
  2. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    230 feet
  3. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    360 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    660 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    40 feet
  2. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Ottendorfer Library
    1,080 feet
Show all 14
  1. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    940 feet
  4. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    990 feet
  5. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  6. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  7. The Ukrainian Museum
    1,170 feet
  8. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  9. Merchant's House Museum
    1,250 feet
  10. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  11. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    410 feet
  3. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cityvine Church Landmark · listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Grace Church Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    180 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    720 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    180 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 152 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 8th Street 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.