7th Avenue South & Barrow Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue South and Barrow Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Corn Exchange Bank (later Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co.) stands 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 248 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
430 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
7 Av South/Barrow St · M20
Within a walk
42 places
9 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue South & Barrow Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    430 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,220 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Greenwich Village Murals” (1994) by Lee Brozgol at the Christopher St-Stonewall station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av South/Barrow St, 80 feet away, for the M20.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av South/Barrow St M20
    80 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue South.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 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 1885 and 1919.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue South

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106781.

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 578 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1894.

  1. Greenwich House Settlement Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Corn Exchange Bank (later Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co.) Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. The Caffe Cino Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Christopher Park.

  1. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    550 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 parks
  • 6 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    130 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    700 feet
  3. Academy of St Joseph School
    840 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    910 feet
  2. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  3. St Luke's School
    1,110 feet
  4. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Lrei School
    1,220 feet
  6. M.S. 297 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    450 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    510 feet
  3. Father Demo Square
    840 feet
Show all 11
  1. Downing Street Playground
    970 feet
  2. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. James J Walker Park
    1,060 feet
  4. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,080 feet
  5. Minetta Playground
    1,090 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    1,100 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,100 feet
  8. McCarthy Square
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 8
  1. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  4. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,080 feet
  5. Hudson Park Library
    1,110 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    540 feet
  3. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    700 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,140 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    570 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 248 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 30 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue South or Barrow Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.