7th Avenue & West 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and West 12th Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Vincent's Hospital: John J. Rascob Memorial Building stands 120 feet away, and Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, 2, 3 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and 150 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
7 Av/W 12 St · M20
Within a walk
31 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    70 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
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Downtown
5 lines
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  5. M …
West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    1,210 feet
    A C E L
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wild Things” (2024) by Fred Tomaselli at the 14 St/6 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/W 12 St, 50 feet away, for the M20.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/W 12 St M20
    50 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 7th Avenue and West 12th Street.

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 13 St & 7 Ave 47 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 12th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of West 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101008 and 106218.

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 four Individual Landmarks, and 381 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1844 and 1887.

  1. St. Vincent's Hospital: John J. Rascob Memorial Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. St. Vincent's Hospital: Outpatient Pavilion Designated landmark
    160 feet
  3. Loew's Sheridan Theater Designated landmark
    180 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in St. Vincent's Triangle.

  1. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    550 feet
  2. City & Country School
    600 feet
  3. Pratt Institute Manhattan Cntr College
    740 feet
Show all 11
  1. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    550 feet
  2. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  3. International Language Center Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  4. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,010 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  6. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  7. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  8. The New School College
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    60 feet
  2. McCarthy Square
    760 feet
  3. Jackson Square
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Jane Street Garden
    1,190 feet
  3. Abingdon Square
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
Show all 6
  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    1,130 feet
  2. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McBurney YMCA Recreation center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,170 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    650 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 150 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or West 12th Street.

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.