Washington Place & Washington Square East

Washington Place and Washington Square East meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Washington Square Park is 30 feet away, and Fiorello La Guardia Park is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about four minutes on foot, and 16 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, five of them colleges, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
E 8 St/University Pl · M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
Within a walk
28 places
5 colleges, 5 playgrounds and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Place & Washington Square East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    1,030 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. 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, 720 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M8 and M55.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 8 St/University Pl M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
    720 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 Washington Square East.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Pl & Greene St 46 docks in all
    220 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
    0.4 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, November 2013

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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1929 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 140 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of Washington Place

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

South side of Washington Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Washington Square East

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 are three Individual Landmarks, and 95 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1903.

  1. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Washington Arch Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    640 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
    270 feet
  2. George Washington Accompanied by Fame and Valor Statue by Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1916
    480 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    410 feet
  2. New York University College
    520 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
Show all 10
  1. Liu-New York University Campus College
    530 feet
  2. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    720 feet
  3. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College · landmark
    810 feet
  4. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    920 feet
  5. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  6. Harvey Milk High School
    1,170 feet
  7. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    30 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    220 feet
  3. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Toddler Playground
    840 feet
  2. Adrienne's Playground
    900 feet
  3. Mercer Playground
    1,010 feet
  4. Play Hills Playground
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,010 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    1,030 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    520 feet
  2. New York University Libraries Research library
    530 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,040 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Landmark · listed historic place
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 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 93 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Washington Place or Washington Square East.

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.