8th Avenue & Jane Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and Jane Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jane Street Garden is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 112 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 8th Avenue.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
780 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
8 Av/W 12 St · M12
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & Jane Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    780 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
    1,080 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 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 8 Av/W 12 St, 100 feet away, for the M12.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 12 St M12
    100 feet
    M12

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 12 St & Hudson St 45 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    420 feet
  2. 400 West 12th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
20 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 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 121 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Jane Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jane Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jane Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104220 and 106315.

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 448 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1843 and 1886.

  1. The Bank Street School Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Trowmart Inn Designated landmark
    610 feet
  3. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    620 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Abingdon Square Park.

  1. Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue by Philip H. Martiny, 1921
    490 feet
  2. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    800 feet
  3. The Family Sculpture by Chaim Gross, 1992
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Notre Dame School
    770 feet
  2. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  3. International Language Center Trade or language school
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. West Village Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  3. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jane Street Garden
    70 feet
  2. Abingdon Square
    380 feet
  3. Jackson Square
    390 feet
Show all 6
  1. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    390 feet
  2. Bleecker Playground
    640 feet
  3. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    860 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet
  2. Public space at 99 Jane Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    660 feet
  2. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. New York Savings Bank Listed historic place
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    910 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 112 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or Jane 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.