Barrow Street & Commerce Street

Barrow Street and Commerce Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 172 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Hudson St/Barrow St · M11, M20
Within a walk
29 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barrow Street & Commerce Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,140 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.4 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, 220 feet away, for the M11 and M20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …
  2. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    750 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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2017.

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • 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 1886 and 1920.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 119 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

South side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Commerce Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Commerce Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 405 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal (late). They were mostly built between 1834 and 1891.

  1. The Vernon Studio Building Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. St. Luke's Church Vicarage Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. The Manhattan School (formerly Public School No. 3) Designated landmark
    350 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
    570 feet
  2. Carmine Street Pool Mural Mural by Keith Haring, 1987
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 297 School
    580 feet
  2. St Luke's School
    590 feet
  3. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,240 feet
  4. Village Community School
    1,240 feet
  5. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    790 feet
  2. James J Walker Park Playground
    980 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Christopher Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Hudson Park Library
    1,100 feet
  3. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields Landmark
    410 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. St Veronica RC Church House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,090 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,140 feet
  3. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 172 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barrow Street or Commerce Street.

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