Washington Place & Greene Street

Washington Place and Greene Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about three minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them colleges, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
780 feet · 3 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Broadway/Waverly Pl · M1, M55, SIM7, SIM9 +2
Within a walk
25 places
5 colleges, 5 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Place & Greene Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    780 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.4 miles
    6 B D 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 Broadway/Waverly Pl, 670 feet away, for the M1, M55, SIM7, SIM9 and two more.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Waverly Pl M1, M55, SIM7, SIM9 +2
    670 feet
    M1 M55 SIM7 SIM9 SIM33 SIM33C

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M55 …
  3. SIM7 …
  4. SIM9 …
  5. SIM33 …
  6. SIM33C …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 123 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Pl & Greene St 46 docks in all
    50 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
    1 mile
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four 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 two crashes 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 January 2026.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 1930 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Harvest Gold' Mongolian linden and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Greene Street

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

West side of Greene Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Washington Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Washington Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101670.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 100 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1905.

  1. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. The Andre and Bella Meyer Physics Hall Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Merchants Building Designated landmark
    520 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 5 colleges
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    470 feet
  2. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College · landmark
    560 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
Show all 8
  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    650 feet
  2. New York University College
    770 feet
  3. Liu-New York University Campus College
    780 feet
  4. Harvey Milk High School
    930 feet
  5. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    280 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    470 feet
  3. Mercer Playground
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Toddler Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Adrienne's Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Play Hills Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    780 feet
  2. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    770 feet
  2. New York University Libraries Research library
    780 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    210 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Greene Street or Washington Place.

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.