Bedford Street & Commerce Street

Bedford Street and Commerce Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner 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. Cherry Lane Theatre is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 205 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
7 Av South/Bedford St · M20
Within a walk
34 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Street & Commerce Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    960 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
    1,160 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 7 Av South/Bedford St, 480 feet away, for the M20.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av South/Bedford St M20
    480 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    440 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
    0.4 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 February 2024.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,600 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 1883 and 1915.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Commerce Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Commerce Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs 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 500 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
    190 feet
  2. Upjohn Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. The Manhattan School (formerly Public School No. 3) Designated landmark
    460 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
    660 feet
  2. Carmine Street Pool Mural Mural by Keith Haring, 1987
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    560 feet
  2. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    660 feet
  3. St Luke's School
    760 feet
Show all 9
  1. M.S. 297 School
    900 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    920 feet
  3. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  4. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  5. High School M560 - City As School
    1,140 feet
  6. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    740 feet
  2. James J Walker Park Playground
    750 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Downing Street Playground
    1,000 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Father Demo Square
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hudson Park Library
    780 feet
  2. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    610 feet
  2. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. St Veronica RC Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    820 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    830 feet
  3. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 205 places to eat and 21 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 Bedford Street or Commerce 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 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.