Avenue of the Americas & Christopher Street

Avenue of the Americas and Christopher Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. C. O. Bigelow, Chemists, Inc. stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about two minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 161 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
390 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
W 9 St/Avenue of the Americas · M8
Within a walk
30 places
5 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & Christopher Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 390 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  5. E …
  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
    1,040 feet
    1
  2. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3 F L M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 9 St/Avenue of the Americas, 80 feet away, for the M8.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 9 St/Avenue of the Americas M8
    80 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas, Christopher Street and West 9th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich Ave & Charles St 57 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2013
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
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)
Greenwich 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 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7a-1p, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 1p-10p on Avenue of the Americas (east side), and as 2 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 1pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 1pm to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 10pm on Avenue of the Americas (west side).

North side of Christopher Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103281, 106200 and 106930.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 519 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1840 and 1879.

  1. C. O. Bigelow, Chemists, Inc. Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. West Side Savings Bank Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Eighth Street Playhouse and Village Barn Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School · landmark
    630 feet
  3. Academy of St Joseph School
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. The New School College
    980 feet
  2. New York Grad Sch Psychoanal College
    1,040 feet
  3. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  4. La Petite Ecole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  5. Fegs Trades & Business Schools Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  6. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    50 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    740 feet
  3. McCarthy Square
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. Washington Square Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jefferson Market Library Landmark · listed historic place
    230 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    440 feet
  3. Stonewall Listed historic place
    440 feet
Show all 6
  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Episcopal Ascension Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station · landmark
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    710 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 161 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or Christopher Street.

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.