7th Avenue South & Charles Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue South and Charles Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It 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. McCarthy Square is 50 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 27 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 172 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 7th Avenue South.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
7 Av South/Waverly Pl · M20
Within a walk
27 places
6 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    940 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,040 feet
    A B C D E F M

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/Waverly Pl, 60 feet away, for the M20.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av South/Waverly Pl M20
    60 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Perry St & Greenwich Ave 53 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.9 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
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and March 2024, 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
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Charles Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Charles Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103573, 104924, 105476 and 106736.

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, 592 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1843 and 1887.

  1. Switzer Institute and Home Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    1,050 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarthy Square
    50 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    610 feet
  3. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    750 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    800 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. Stonewall Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    770 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Darech Amuno Congregation Landmark
    390 feet
  2. St John Episcopal Church Landmark
    440 feet
  3. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church Landmark
    470 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station · landmark
    700 feet
  2. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    670 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 172 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue South or Charles 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.