Washington Place & Washington Square West

Washington Place and Washington Square West meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Washington Square Park is 20 feet away, and Holley Chambers, (now) Hardin Hall stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, six of them parks, and 189 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
750 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
6 Av/Waverly Pl · M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C +6
Within a walk
32 places
6 parks, 5 playgrounds and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Place & Washington Square West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,210 feet
    1
  2. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.4 miles
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Waverly Pl, 750 feet away, for the M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and six more.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Waverly Pl M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C +6 · Shelter
    750 feet
    M55 SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C SIM7 SIM9 SIM33 SIM33C X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. SIM1C …
  3. SIM3C …
  4. SIM4C …
  5. SIM7 …
  6. SIM9 …
  7. SIM33 …
  8. SIM33C …
  9. X27 …
  10. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Square West.

  • 108 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDougal St & Washington Sq 33 docks in all
    290 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, 1.7 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, May 2015

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 135 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2023 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Washington Place

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Washington Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Washington Square West

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104633.

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 two Individual Landmarks, and 361 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1839 and 1892.

  1. Holley Chambers, (now) Hardin Hall Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Washington Square Methodist Church Parish House and Parsonage Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. Little Theater (Waverly Place Players) Designated landmark
    240 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
    340 feet
  2. George Washington Accompanied by Wisdom and Justice Statue by Alexander Stirling Calder, 1918
    550 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 colleges
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    730 feet
  2. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,010 feet
Show all 8
  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    1,220 feet
  3. Liu-New York University Campus College
    1,230 feet
  4. New York University College
    1,260 feet
  5. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    20 feet
  2. Play Hills Playground
    290 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    600 feet
Show all 13
  1. Toddler Playground
    650 feet
  2. Minetta Playground
    860 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    920 feet
  4. Washington Square Park Playground
    950 feet
  5. Minetta Green
    1,050 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    1,140 feet
  7. Father Demo Square
    1,170 feet
  8. Christopher Park
    1,180 feet
  9. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,220 feet
  10. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,200 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
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  1. New York University Libraries Research library
    1,230 feet
  2. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  3. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall · landmark
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    570 feet
  2. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    600 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 189 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Washington Place or Washington Square West.

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.