Bleecker Street & Christopher Street

Bleecker Street and Christopher 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, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish House stands 190 feet away, and Father Demo Square is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 203 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
330 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Christopher St/Bleecker St · M8
Within a walk
35 places
11 religious buildings, 8 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bleecker Street & Christopher Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    330 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
    1,290 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. Houston St 1
    0.4 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 Christopher St/Bleecker St, 110 feet away, for the M8.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/Bleecker St M8
    110 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bleecker Street and Christopher Street.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.9 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
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • 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 1883 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Bleecker Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Christopher Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING EXCEPT VEHICLES WITH DOT THEATRE PERMIT

South side of Christopher Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104943 and 106663.

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, 590 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1893.

  1. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Corn Exchange Bank (later Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co.) Designated landmark
    480 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
    520 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 8 listed historic places
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    590 feet
  2. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    720 feet
  3. St Luke's School
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,120 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    1,120 feet
  3. Village Community School
    1,220 feet
  4. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Christopher Park
    460 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    660 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. McCarthy Square
    1,040 feet
  2. Father Demo Square
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 9
  1. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  4. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,050 feet
  5. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  6. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    200 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    850 feet
  2. St Veronica RC Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,150 feet
  4. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    330 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 203 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bleecker Street or Christopher 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.