Barrow Street & Bedford Street

Barrow Street and Bedford Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Firefighter Bobby Beddia Way by local law. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Vernon Studio Building stands 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 213 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Hudson St/Barrow St · M11, M20
Within a walk
34 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barrow Street & Bedford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    910 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Houston St 1
    1,280 feet
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Greenwich Village Murals” (1994) by Lee Brozgol at the Christopher St-Stonewall station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hudson St/Barrow St, 440 feet away, for the M11 and M20.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hudson St/Barrow St M11, M20 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    440 feet
    M11 M20
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …
  2. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter Bobby Beddia Way, a co-naming enacted on July 17, 2009 (Local Law 46 of 2009).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1877 and 1915.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Bobby Beddia Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 505 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1891.

  1. The Vernon Studio Building Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. The Manhattan School (formerly Public School No. 3) Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Upjohn Building Designated landmark
    400 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus, 1834
    730 feet
  2. Carmine Street Pool Mural Mural by Keith Haring, 1987
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    440 feet
  2. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  3. St Luke's School
    640 feet
Show all 10
  1. M.S. 297 School
    810 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,030 feet
  4. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  5. High School M560 - City As School
    1,250 feet
  6. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    1,250 feet
  7. Village Community School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    860 feet
  2. James J Walker Park Playground
    870 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Christopher Park
    990 feet
  2. Downing Street Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Father Demo Square
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Hudson Park Library
    900 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields Landmark
    640 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. St Veronica RC Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    930 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    940 feet
  3. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    970 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 213 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barrow Street or Bedford Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.