Lafayette Street & Wanamaker Place

Lafayette Street and Wanamaker Place 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, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex stands 230 feet away, and the Battalion 6/Ladder 3 firehouse is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 163 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
230 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
E 9 St/4 Av · M8
Within a walk
38 places
10 listed historic places, 5 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & Wanamaker Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    230 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
    650 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 9 St/4 Av, 100 feet away, for the M8.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 9 St/4 Av M8
    100 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street and Wanamaker Place.

  • 117 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette St & Astor Pl 105 docks in all
    430 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 mile
  2. 5-9 Union Square West Charging for electric cars, eight 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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

Homes

About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and July 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 Saturday 8am to 6pm on Wanamaker Place (south side).

East side of Lafayette Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102319.

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 11 Individual Landmarks, and 73 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1880.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 parks
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. John's University Manhattan College
    280 feet
  2. Grace Church School Landmark · listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Grace Church High School
    760 feet
Show all 9
  1. Harvey Milk High School
    800 feet
  2. La Salle Academy School
    1,210 feet
  3. St George Academy School
    1,210 feet
  4. Learning and Fun Preschool
    1,220 feet
  5. Cooper Union College · listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  6. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Triangle
    640 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    910 feet
  3. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    250 feet
  2. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    280 feet
  3. Cooper Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    480 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    900 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    710 feet
Show all 11
  1. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  4. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  5. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  6. 821 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  7. Ottendorfer Library
    1,270 feet
  8. Van Tassell & Kearney Horse Auction Mart Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Landmark · listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    570 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 6/Ladder 3 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    430 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    490 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 163 places to eat and 14 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 Lafayette Street or Wanamaker 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.