Lafayette Street & Jones Alley

Lafayette Street and Jones Alley meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the NoHo Historic District Extension. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New York Women's League for Animals Hospital stands 80 feet away, and Astor Pl Theatre is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 121 places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
160 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Lafayette St/East Houston St · M1
Within a walk
27 places
10 listed historic places, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & Jones Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    160 feet
    6 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Prince St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. Astor Pl 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signal” (1997) by Mel Chin and “Hive (Bleecker Street)” (2012) by Leo Villareal at the Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette St/East Houston St, 480 feet away, for the M1.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette St/East Houston St M1
    480 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street.

  • 96 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bleecker St & Crosby St 63 docks in all
    290 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 445 Lafayette Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
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 two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the NoHo Historic District Extension.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 189 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1866 and 1898.

  1. New York Women's League for Animals Hospital Designated landmark
    80 feet
  2. The Bayard-Condict Building Designated landmark
    160 feet
  3. Robbins & Appleton Building Designated landmark
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    930 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  2. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mercer Playground
    850 feet
  2. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,020 feet
  3. Albert's Garden
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Liz Christy Garden
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    750 feet
Show all 12
  1. Puck Building Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Merchant's House Museum
    950 feet
  4. Mulberry Street Library
    970 feet
  5. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  6. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  7. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  8. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  9. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet
  2. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 33/Ladder 9 Fire station · listed historic place
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 121 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lafayette Street.

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