Washington Mews & University Place

Washington Mews and University Place meet at a four-way crossing 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. Washington Square Park is 270 feet away, and Toddler Playground is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about three minutes on foot, and 16 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them colleges, and 86 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
850 feet · 3 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
E 8 St/University Pl · M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
Within a walk
28 places
6 colleges, 5 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Mews & University Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    850 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
    1,310 feet
    6
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F M

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/University Pl, 260 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M8 and M55.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex 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 November 2024.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,600 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 1926 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of University Place

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104755.

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 119 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1890.

  1. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Washington Arch Designated landmark
    540 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. George Washington Accompanied by Fame and Valor Statue by Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1916
    520 feet
  2. Giuseppe Garibaldi Statue by Giovanni Turini, 1888
    530 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 6 colleges
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    260 feet
  2. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    510 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 10
  1. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    740 feet
  2. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. New York University College
    980 feet
  4. Liu-New York University Campus College
    1,000 feet
  5. Harvey Milk High School
    1,150 feet
  6. La Petite Ecole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  7. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    270 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    540 feet
  3. Toddler Playground
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    910 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hotel Albert Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    980 feet
  3. New York University Libraries Research library
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    720 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Conservative Synagogue 5 House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. Episcopal Ascension Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  3. Village Temple House of worship
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 86 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along University Place or Washington Mews.

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.