7th Avenue South & Bedford Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue South and Bedford Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies on the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Upjohn Building stands 90 feet away, and the mural “Carmine Street Pool Mural” is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 210 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
7 Av South/Bedford St · M20
Within a walk
43 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    840 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,080 feet
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,260 feet
    A B C D E F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Platform Diving” (1994) by Deborah Brown at the Houston St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av South/Bedford St, 140 feet away, for the M20.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av South/Bedford St M20
    140 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 7th Avenue South.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.7 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,200 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 1883 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue South

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

East side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 458 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Altered Federal. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1891.

  1. Upjohn Building Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. The Vernon Studio Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Church of Our Lady of Pompeii Community House Designated landmark
    420 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Carmine Street Pool Mural Mural by Keith Haring, 1987
    500 feet
  2. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus, 1834
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 parks
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    590 feet
  2. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
Show all 12
  1. High School M560 - City As School
    800 feet
  2. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    890 feet
  4. M.S. 297 School
    1,040 feet
  5. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  6. St Luke's School
    1,090 feet
  7. Lrei School
    1,140 feet
  8. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  9. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    410 feet
  2. James J Walker Park Playground
    430 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    670 feet
Show all 12
  1. Father Demo Square
    820 feet
  2. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,030 feet
  3. Minetta Triangle
    1,070 feet
  4. Minetta Playground
    1,070 feet
  5. Minetta Green
    1,080 feet
  6. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,100 feet
  7. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,110 feet
  8. Christopher Park
    1,160 feet
  9. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hudson Park Library Landmark
    450 feet
  2. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church Landmark
    510 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    530 feet
  3. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    490 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    520 feet
  3. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 210 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue South or Bedford 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.