Avenue of the Americas & West 4th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Banker's Federal Savings & Loan Association stands 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 37 public places and 271 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 260 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
    260 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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  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    820 feet
    1
  2. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 3 St, 300 feet away, for the T232.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 3 St T232
    300 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 4th Street.

  • 84 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 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
    330 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
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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)
West Village
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1882 and 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (east side) and West 4th Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (west side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102839, 104631 and 106897.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 442 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1897.

  1. Banker's Federal Savings & Loan Association Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Varitype Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  3. West Reformed Dutch Church (now IFC Theater) 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
    770 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 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    520 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    820 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
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  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Lrei School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    60 feet
  2. Minetta Playground
    320 feet
  3. Washington Square Park
    480 feet
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  1. Minetta Green
    510 feet
  2. Father Demo Square
    530 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    560 feet
  4. Play Hills Playground
    700 feet
  5. Christopher Park
    790 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    810 feet
  7. Downing Street Playground
    860 feet
  8. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,010 feet
  9. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    740 feet
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  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    990 feet
  2. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  4. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  5. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    790 feet
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  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    490 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    330 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 271 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 4th 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.