Avenue of the Americas & Carmine Street

Avenue of the Americas and Carmine Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the South Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Minetta Playground is 50 feet away, and Tony Dapolito Recreation Center is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about a minute on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places and 270 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
230 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · M55, T232
Within a walk
39 places
8 parks, 6 playgrounds and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Avenue of the Americas & Carmine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    230 feet
    A B C D E F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
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  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,280 feet
    1
  2. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 3 St, 130 feet away, for the M55 and T232.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 3 St M55, T232
    130 feet
    M55 T232

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carmine St & 6 Ave 63 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes 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

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2014

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 1881 and 1904.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (west side) and Carmine Street (north side).

East side of Carmine Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Minetta Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Minetta Lane

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105543, 105544 and 107191.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 478 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1835 and 1898.

  1. Minetta Lane Theatre Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. West Reformed Dutch Church (now IFC Theater) Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Varitype Building Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 8 parks
  • 6 playgrounds
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    440 feet
  3. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    450 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lrei School
    520 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    970 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  4. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Minetta Playground
    50 feet
  2. Minetta Green
    50 feet
  3. Father Demo Square
    70 feet
Show all 15
  1. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    240 feet
  2. Minetta Triangle
    360 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    400 feet
  4. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    670 feet
  5. Washington Square Park
    890 feet
  6. Playground of the Americas Playground
    980 feet
  7. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,010 feet
  8. Play Hills Playground
    1,110 feet
  9. James J Walker Park
    1,200 feet
  10. Christopher Park
    1,250 feet
  11. Charlton Plaza
    1,300 feet
  12. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Hudson Park Library
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church Landmark
    330 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    440 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,110 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 270 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas, Carmine Street or Minetta Lane.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.