8th Avenue & West 13th Street

The three-way junction of 8th Avenue and West 13th Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company Building, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the A, C, E and L. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 127 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
320 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
8 Av/W 4 St · M20
Within a walk
23 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & West 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 320 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
    320 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
    1,140 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 8 Av/W 4 St, 220 feet away, for the M20.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 4 St M20
    220 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 8th Avenue and West 13th Street.

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 February 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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,200 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 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 13th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 13th Street

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

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 265 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1842 and 1886.

  1. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. New York Public Library Jackson Square Branch Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. New York Savings Bank Designated landmark
    410 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
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. International Language Center Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. Notre Dame School
    520 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Corlears School
    980 feet
  4. Law Journal Paralegal Institute Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  5. West Village Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackson Square
    80 feet
  2. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    370 feet
  3. Jane Street Garden
    520 feet
Show all 7
  1. Abingdon Square
    840 feet
  2. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    920 feet
  3. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    1,010 feet
  4. Bleecker Playground
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    210 feet
  2. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    410 feet
  3. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    280 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    380 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 127 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or West 13th 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.