Bedford Street & Downing Street

Bedford Street and Downing Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Downing Street Playground is 290 feet away, and Soho Playhouse is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about two minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, seven of them parks, and 244 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas · M21
Within a walk
42 places
7 parks, 6 listed historic places and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Street & Downing Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    590 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,040 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. Spring St C, E
    0.3 miles
    C E

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, 520 feet away, for the M21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carmine St & 6 Ave 63 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes 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 September 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 1887 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Street

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

West side of Bedford Street

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

North side of Downing Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Downing Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 371 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1835 and 1894.

  1. Church of Our Lady of Pompeii Community House Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Carmine Street Public Baths Designated landmark
    510 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. Carmine Street Pool Mural Mural by Keith Haring, 1987
    580 feet
  2. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus, 1834
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 7 parks
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Lrei School
    590 feet
Show all 8
  1. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    710 feet
  2. Cooke School and Institute School
    810 feet
  3. High School M560 - City As School
    880 feet
  4. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    880 feet
  5. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Downing Street Playground
    290 feet
  2. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    480 feet
  3. Minetta Triangle
    520 feet
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  1. Father Demo Square
    550 feet
  2. Playground of the Americas Playground
    560 feet
  3. Minetta Green
    710 feet
  4. James J Walker Park
    730 feet
  5. James J Walker Park Playground
    820 feet
  6. Minetta Playground
    850 feet
  7. Charlton Plaza
    890 feet
  8. Father Fagan Park
    1,030 feet
  9. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,050 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Hudson Park Library Landmark
    720 feet
  3. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
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  1. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  4. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    870 feet
  2. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,190 feet
  3. Soho Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church Landmark
    570 feet
  2. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    630 feet
  2. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    710 feet
  3. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    710 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    760 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 244 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Street or Downing 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.