MacDougal Street & MacDougal Alley

MacDougal Street and MacDougal Alley meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Earle stands 110 feet away, and the arch “Washington Square Arch” is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about three minutes on foot, and 14 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, five of them playgrounds, and 117 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
670 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
W 8 St/6 Av · M8
Within a walk
26 places
5 playgrounds, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
MacDougal Street & MacDougal Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
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  2. B …
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  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 8 St/6 Av, 530 feet away, for the M8.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 8 St/6 Av M8
    530 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 79 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDougal St & Washington Sq 33 docks in all
    150 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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 May 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of MacDougal Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-11PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 11PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 369 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1892.

  1. Hotel Earle Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Eighth Street Playhouse and Village Barn Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. Little Theater (Waverly Place Players) Designated landmark
    330 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Alexander Lyman Holley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1890
    540 feet
  2. George Washington Accompanied by Wisdom and Justice Statue by Alexander Stirling Calder, 1918
    560 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    990 feet
  2. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    1,140 feet
  3. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  4. La Petite Ecole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    210 feet
  2. Toddler Playground
    560 feet
  3. Play Hills Playground
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    860 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    870 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Christopher Park
    1,210 feet
  5. Minetta Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,130 feet
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  1. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Episcopal Ascension Church Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    330 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 117 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along MacDougal Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.