8th Avenue & Greenwich Avenue

The three-way junction of 8th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Museum of Illusions is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, five of them trade or language schools, and 132 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
170 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
W 14 St/8 Av · L92, M14A SBS, M14D SBS
Within a walk
27 places
5 trade or language schools, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & Greenwich Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 170 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    170 feet
    A C E L

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    990 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. 18 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life Underground” (2001) by Tom Otterness at the 14 St/8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 14 St/8 Av, 180 feet away, for the L92, M14A SBS and M14D SBS.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 14 St/8 Av L92, M14A SBS, M14D SBS
    180 feet
    L92 M14A SBS M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …
  3. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 8th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue.

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich Ave & 8 Ave 75 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 450 West 17th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 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 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Greenwich Avenue

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

West side of Greenwich Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102962.

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 225 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1842 and 1884.

  1. New York Public Library Jackson Square Branch Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. New York Savings Bank Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. The Food and Maritime Trades Vocational High School Designated landmark
    600 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
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    190 feet
  2. International Language Center Trade or language school
    320 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
Show all 12
  1. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Notre Dame School
    660 feet
  3. Corlears School
    830 feet
  4. Law Journal Paralegal Institute Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  5. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  6. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  7. City & Country School
    1,290 feet
  8. Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers School
    1,300 feet
  9. Royal Business School Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackson Square
    130 feet
  2. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    520 feet
  3. Jane Street Garden
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    780 feet
  2. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    860 feet
  3. Abingdon Square
    980 feet
  4. Bleecker Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum · landmark
    90 feet
  2. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    270 feet
  3. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    600 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    130 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    240 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 132 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or Greenwich Avenue.

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.