9th Avenue & Little West 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 9th Avenue and Little West 12th Street is in the West Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the Gansevoort Market Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.F. Collier & Son Building stands 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them parks, and 108 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
9 Av/W 13 St · M11
Within a walk
16 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Avenue & Little West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    1,280 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
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3 F L M

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 9 Av/W 13 St, 250 feet away, for the M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 Av/W 13 St M11
    250 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 9th Avenue.

  • 76 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gansevoort St & Hudson St 120 docks in all
    340 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 400 West 12th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1893 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 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
  • 7 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 4pm on 9th Avenue (east side).

West side of 9th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Little West 12th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 6AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-2PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING FEB 1 - DEC 31 ALL DAYS 2PM-6AM

South side of Little West 12th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 6AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-2PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FEB 1 - DEC 31 ALL DAYS 2PM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105306, 105402 and 106184.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Gansevoort Market Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 288 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1890.

  1. P.F. Collier & Son Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Herring Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Centennial Brewery Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. West Village Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
  2. Notre Dame School
    730 feet
  3. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    340 feet
  2. The High Line Park
    540 feet
  3. Abingdon Square
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jackson Square
    1,040 feet
  2. Jane Street Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    330 feet
  2. Public space at 99 Jane Street Public space
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gansevoort Market Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Whitney Museum of American Art Museum
    850 feet
  3. Museum of Illusions Museum
    990 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Port Authority Post Office
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,230 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 108 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 9th Avenue or Little West 12th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.