Avenue of the Americas & Greenwich Avenue

Avenue of the Americas and Greenwich Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. West Side Savings Bank stands 150 feet away, and West 4th Street Courts is 850 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 31 public places, five of them parks, and 177 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
180 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
W 8 St/6 Av · M8
Within a walk
31 places
5 parks, 4 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & Greenwich Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    180 feet
    A B C D E F M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,090 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 8 St/6 Av, 160 feet away, for the M8.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 8 St/6 Av M8
    160 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas and West 8th Street.

  • 95 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. Washington Pl & 6 Ave 76 docks in all
    600 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 1995

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted 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 commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm 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 West 8th Street (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to midnight on Greenwich Avenue (south side) and West 8th Street (north side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102517, 102638, 104739, 106306, 106341 and 106930.

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, 501 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1887.

  1. West Side Savings Bank Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. C. O. Bigelow, Chemists, Inc. Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. Eighth Street Playhouse and Village Barn Designated landmark
    260 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Christopher Park.

  1. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    700 feet
  2. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    630 feet
  3. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    840 feet
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  1. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,160 feet
  4. The New School College
    1,200 feet
  5. New York Grad Sch Psychoanal College
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    220 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    790 feet
  3. Washington Square Park
    800 feet
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  1. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    850 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. McCarthy Square
    1,030 feet
  4. Minetta Playground
    1,120 feet
  5. Toddler Playground
    1,160 feet
  6. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,270 feet
  7. Play Hills Playground
    1,290 feet
  8. Minetta Green
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. Stonewall Listed historic place
    490 feet
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  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    490 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    940 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    460 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  3. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station · landmark
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    150 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 177 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas, Greenwich Avenue or West 8th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.