Avenue of the Americas & West Houston Street at Bedford Street

Avenue of the Americas, West Houston Street and Bedford Street meet at a five-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. William F. Passannante Ballfield is 50 feet away, and Neighborhood Church is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places, eight of them parks, and 261 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas · M21
Within a walk
45 places
8 parks, 7 religious buildings and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West Houston Street at Bedford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    690 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St C, E
    930 feet
    C E
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,070 feet
    A B C D E F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Platform Diving” (1994) by Deborah Brown at the Houston St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas, 100 feet away, for the M21.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas M21
    100 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDougal St & Prince St 56 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2019

About this corner

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 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 1890 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (west side).

South side of West Houston Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104365.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 372 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1901.

  1. St. Anthony's School Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. St. Anthony's Rectory Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 8 parks
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 schools
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    380 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · landmark
    390 feet
  3. Lrei School
    490 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    940 feet
  3. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    960 feet
  4. High School M560 - City As School
    1,120 feet
  5. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    50 feet
  2. Playground of the Americas Playground
    140 feet
  3. Charlton Plaza
    460 feet
Show all 14
  1. Minetta Triangle
    550 feet
  2. Downing Street Playground
    560 feet
  3. Father Demo Square
    580 feet
  4. Father Fagan Park
    610 feet
  5. Minetta Green
    740 feet
  6. Minetta Playground
    890 feet
  7. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,080 feet
  8. James J Walker Park
    1,120 feet
  9. Spring Street Park
    1,240 feet
  10. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,250 feet
  11. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Hudson Park Library
    1,140 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    860 feet
  2. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet
  3. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anthony of Padua Church Landmark
    580 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    800 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    940 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,150 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 261 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas, Bedford Street or West Houston 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.