Bleecker Street & Bank Street

Bleecker Street and Bank Street meet at a three-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Laux Hotel stands 70 feet away, and NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A, C, E and L. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 107 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Hudson St/Bethune St · M11
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bleecker Street & Bank Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    0.3 miles
    A C E L

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3 F L M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life Underground” (2001) by Tom Otterness at the 14 St/8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hudson St/Bethune St, 230 feet away, for the M11.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hudson St/Bethune St M11
    230 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bleecker Street.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bank St & Hudson St 27 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 August 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 154 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Bank Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bleecker Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING 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, 637 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1842 and 1882.

  1. Laux Hotel Designated landmark
    70 feet
  2. The Bank Street School Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. The Ross Building Designated landmark
    260 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. The Family Sculpture by Chaim Gross, 1992
    200 feet
  2. Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue by Philip H. Martiny, 1921
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. West Village Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bleecker Playground
    40 feet
  2. Abingdon Square
    230 feet
  3. Jane Street Garden
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    880 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    1,100 feet
  3. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Bell Telephone Laboratories Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  3. Westbeth Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church Landmark
    800 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation Landmark
    950 feet
  3. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 155 Bank Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 107 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bank Street or Bleecker Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.