Bedford Street & Leroy Street

Bedford Street and Leroy Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of 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. Our Lady of Pompeii Church is 400 feet away, and the Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 firehouse is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, eight of them schools, and 229 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
7 Av South/Bedford St · M20
Within a walk
44 places
8 schools, 7 religious buildings and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Street & Leroy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    790 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
    1,150 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,190 feet
    1

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av South/Bedford St, 160 feet away, for the M20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    680 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 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 January 2026.

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 4,000 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 1883 and 1914.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Street

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

West side of Bedford Street

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

North side of Leroy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Leroy Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 430 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Altered Federal. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1891.

  1. Upjohn Building Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. The Vernon Studio Building Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Church of Our Lady of Pompeii Community House Designated landmark
    360 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
    470 feet
  2. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus, 1834
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 parks
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    480 feet
  2. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
  3. High School M560 - City As School
    760 feet
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  1. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    760 feet
  2. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
  4. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    990 feet
  5. Lrei School
    1,030 feet
  6. M.S. 297 School
    1,150 feet
  7. St Luke's School
    1,190 feet
  8. Arrojo Academy Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  9. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,250 feet
  10. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    370 feet
  2. James J Walker Park Playground
    380 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    560 feet
Show all 12
  1. Father Demo Square
    710 feet
  2. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    920 feet
  3. Minetta Triangle
    960 feet
  4. Minetta Playground
    960 feet
  5. Minetta Green
    970 feet
  6. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,000 feet
  7. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,160 feet
  8. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,210 feet
  9. Christopher Park
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hudson Park Library Landmark
    410 feet
  2. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    740 feet
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  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church Landmark
    400 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    640 feet
  3. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,170 feet
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  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    450 feet
  2. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    480 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    480 feet
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  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 229 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 Leroy 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.