Mercer Street & East 8th Street

Mercer Street and East 8th Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex stands 510 feet away, and Mercer Playground is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, five of them colleges, and 111 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
200 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
E 8 St/Mercer St · M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
Within a walk
30 places
5 colleges, 4 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    200 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Astor Pl 6
    650 feet
    6
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Broadway Diary” (2002) by Timothy Snell at the 8 St-NYU station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 8 St/Mercer St, 250 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M8 and M55.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 8 St/Mercer St M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
    250 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M8 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M8 …
  5. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 8th Street.

  • 106 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Pl & E 8 St 79 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.3 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
    0.3 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, June 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,000 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 1928 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to midnight on East 8th Street (north side).

South side of East 8th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

East side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Mercer Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104503, 105339 and 105340.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 86 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1891.

  1. The Sinclair Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Wanamaker's Department Store Annex Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    660 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Astor Place.

  1. Alamo Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1967
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 5 colleges
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    500 feet
  2. Harvey Milk High School
    600 feet
  3. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    920 feet
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  1. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    980 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. St. John's University Manhattan College
    1,040 feet
  4. Grace Church School Landmark · listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,130 feet
  7. Grace Church High School
    1,260 feet
  8. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    920 feet
  2. Cooper Triangle
    1,140 feet
  3. Washington Square Park Playground
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mercer Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    420 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    920 feet
  2. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Cooper Union Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Hotel Albert Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
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  1. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    820 feet
  2. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,060 feet
  3. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Landmark · listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    750 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    870 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 111 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 8th Street or Mercer Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.