7th Avenue South & Commerce Street

The three-way junction of 7th Avenue South and Commerce Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies on the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Caffe Cino stands 380 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 228 places to eat.

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

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Houston St 1
    1,300 feet
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    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/Barrow St, 260 feet away, for the M20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 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
    100 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 October 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022

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
20 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 5,400 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 1912.

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
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm on 7th Avenue South (east side).

West side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Commerce Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Commerce Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104577 and 105040.

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 562 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1891.

  1. The Caffe Cino Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Greenwich House Settlement Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. The Vernon Studio Building Designated landmark
    480 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
    730 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    790 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
  • 7 schools
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 5 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    310 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    900 feet
Show all 10
  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    1,030 feet
  2. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. St Luke's School
    1,100 feet
  4. M.S. 297 School
    1,250 feet
  5. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet
  6. High School M560 - City As School
    1,270 feet
  7. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    630 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    690 feet
  3. James J Walker Park
    880 feet
Show all 10
  1. James J Walker Park Playground
    890 feet
  2. Father Demo Square
    950 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    1,090 feet
  4. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,200 feet
  5. Minetta Playground
    1,200 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    1,200 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Hudson Park Library
    920 feet
Show all 8
  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  4. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,270 feet
  5. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Our Lady of Pompeii Church Landmark
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    810 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    950 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 228 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 25 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue South or Commerce 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.