Bleecker Street & MacDougal Street

Bleecker Street and MacDougal Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. William F. Passannante Ballfield is 330 feet away, and West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, eight of them parks, and 258 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
940 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas · M21
Within a walk
42 places
8 parks, 8 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bleecker Street & MacDougal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    940 feet
    A B C D E F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Spring St C, E
    0.3 miles
    C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Avenue of the Americas, 670 feet away, for the M21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thompson St & Bleecker St 61 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,300 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 1908.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 6PM-6AM ALL DAYS

East side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 408 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival and Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1844 and 1901.

  1. (former) Circle in the Square Theater Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Sullivan Street Industrial School Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Minetta Lane Theatre Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lrei School
    280 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · landmark
    390 feet
  3. Cooke School and Institute School
    640 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    800 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    330 feet
  2. Minetta Triangle
    410 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    420 feet
Show all 15
  1. Father Demo Square
    440 feet
  2. Minetta Green
    610 feet
  3. Playground of the Americas Playground
    650 feet
  4. Minetta Playground
    720 feet
  5. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    780 feet
  6. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    790 feet
  7. Washington Square Park
    850 feet
  8. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    940 feet
  9. Father Fagan Park
    1,010 feet
  10. Charlton Plaza
    1,020 feet
  11. Play Hills Playground
    1,070 feet
  12. Adrienne's Playground
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    390 feet
  3. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    930 feet
  2. House at 203 Prince Street Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  5. Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    800 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    970 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    430 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 258 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bleecker Street or MacDougal 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.