8th Avenue & West 14th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and West 14th Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies on the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 618 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. New York Savings Bank, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the A, C, E and L.

Safety record
14 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 14 St/8 Av · L92, M14A SBS, M14D SBS
Within a walk
28 places
5 trade or language schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & West 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 80 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
    80 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
    870 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, 60 feet away, for the L92, M14A SBS and M14D SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

West 14th Street carries a bus lane, 6am to 10pm, every day.

Cycling

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

  • 51 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. Greenwich Ave & 8 Ave 75 docks in all
    310 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 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 618 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 128th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 151 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
6 and 10 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the black oak and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 77 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 1 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 6am to 10pm on West 14th Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 6am to 10pm on West 14th Street (south side).

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 14th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 9 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-10PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102575, 102576, 102819, 103146, 106426 and 106478.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 160 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1843 and 1887.

  1. New York Savings Bank Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. New York Public Library Jackson Square Branch Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. The Food and Maritime Trades Vocational High School Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    40 feet
  2. International Language Center Trade or language school
    320 feet
  3. Corlears School
    690 feet
Show all 12
  1. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
  3. Notre Dame School
    810 feet
  4. Law Journal Paralegal Institute Trade or language school
    870 feet
  5. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  6. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  7. Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers School
    1,160 feet
  8. Royal Business School Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  9. Pratt Institute Manhattan Cntr College
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackson Square
    280 feet
  2. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    670 feet
  3. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jane Street Garden
    820 feet
  2. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    920 feet
  3. Abingdon Square
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum · landmark
    110 feet
  2. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    410 feet
  3. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    450 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Joyce Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Port Authority Post Office
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    90 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 165 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or West 14th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.