Bleecker Street & 7th Avenue South

Bleecker Street and 7th Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Neighborhood Church is 320 feet away, and Downing Street Playground is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 251 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
7 Av South/Barrow St · M20
Within a walk
42 places
9 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bleecker Street & 7th Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    470 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
    1,240 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

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/Barrow St, 110 feet away, for the M20.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av South/Barrow St M20
    110 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 7th Avenue South and Bleecker Street.

  • 69 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. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.8 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. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2009
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2020

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,500 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 1885 and 1914.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-10PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Bleecker Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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 572 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1892.

  1. Greenwich House Settlement Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. The Caffe Cino Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. Corn Exchange Bank (later Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co.) Designated landmark
    420 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    580 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 parks
  • 6 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    160 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    660 feet
  3. Academy of St Joseph School
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    910 feet
  2. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. St Luke's School
    1,110 feet
  4. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,120 feet
  5. Lrei School
    1,180 feet
  6. M.S. 297 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    490 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    540 feet
  3. Father Demo Square
    800 feet
Show all 11
  1. Downing Street Playground
    940 feet
  2. James J Walker Park
    1,030 feet
  3. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,040 feet
  4. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,050 feet
  5. Minetta Playground
    1,050 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    1,060 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,060 feet
  8. McCarthy Square
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Hudson Park Library
    1,070 feet
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  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  4. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,120 feet
  5. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    540 feet
  3. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    660 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    1,100 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 251 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 29 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue South or Bleecker Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.