Washington Square South & La Guardia Place

Washington Square South and La Guardia Place meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three 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 New York University Libraries is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about five minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them colleges, and 118 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
1,240 feet
E 8 St/University Pl · M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
Within a walk
24 places
5 colleges, 5 playgrounds and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Square South & La Guardia Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  2. B …
  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. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 8 St/University Pl, 1,240 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M8 and M55.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 8 St/University Pl M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
    1,240 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 La Guardia Place and Washington Square South.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. LaGuardia Pl & W 3 St 51 docks in all
    350 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, 1.5 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
    0.3 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 three 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 August 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2021
  • Leading pedestrian interval, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 144 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of La Guardia Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Washington Square South

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102357.

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 140 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1901.

  1. Judson Hall Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. Washington Arch Designated landmark
    470 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. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    470 feet
  3. Alexander Lyman Holley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1890
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 5 colleges
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 research libraries
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Liu-New York University Campus College
    240 feet
  2. New York University College
    270 feet
  3. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    930 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  3. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    1,230 feet
  4. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    30 feet
  2. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    320 feet
  3. Adrienne's Playground
    430 feet
Show all 8
  1. Play Hills Playground
    530 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    740 feet
  3. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    870 feet
  4. Mercer Playground
    1,000 feet
  5. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York University Libraries Research library
    240 feet
  2. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    270 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    680 feet
  2. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    780 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    420 feet
  2. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    820 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 118 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along La Guardia Place or Washington Square South.

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.