Avenue of the Americas & West 3rd Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 3rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. West 4th Street Courts is 50 feet away, and West Reformed Dutch Church (now IFC Theater) stands 100 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, seven of them parks, and 263 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
50 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · T232
Within a walk
37 places
7 parks, 6 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
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  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,090 feet
    1
  2. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 3 St, 40 feet away, for the T232.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas and West 3rd Street.

  • 93 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carmine St & 6 Ave 63 docks in all
    350 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
    0.7 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

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)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 1886 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 3rd Street (north side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105544 and 105701.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 465 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1899.

  1. West Reformed Dutch Church (now IFC Theater) Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. Varitype Building Designated landmark
    170 feet
  3. Minetta Lane Theatre Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 7 parks
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    630 feet
  3. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    640 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lrei School
    710 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    780 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    50 feet
  2. Minetta Playground
    60 feet
  3. Minetta Green
    240 feet
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  1. Father Demo Square
    260 feet
  2. Minetta Triangle
    550 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    590 feet
  4. Washington Square Park
    730 feet
  5. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    820 feet
  6. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    860 feet
  7. Play Hills Playground
    940 feet
  8. Christopher Park
    1,060 feet
  9. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,170 feet
  10. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,210 feet
  11. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet
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  1. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  3. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,250 feet
  4. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    610 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    840 feet
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  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    630 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    360 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 263 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 3rd 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.