Christopher Street & Bedford Street

Christopher Street and Bedford 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 162 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Christopher St/Hudson St · M8
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Christopher Street & Bedford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    770 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
    0.3 miles
    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 Christopher St/Hudson St, 100 feet away, for the M8.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/Hudson St M8
    100 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Christopher Street.

  • 72 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich St & Christopher St 74 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,100 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 1889 and 1922.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Christopher Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 488 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Federal (late). They were mostly built between 1836 and 1897.

  1. The Manhattan School (formerly Public School No. 3) Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. St. Luke's Church Vicarage Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. St. Luke's School Gymnasium Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    270 feet
  2. St Luke's School Landmark
    410 feet
  3. Village Community School Landmark
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. M.S. 297 School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Christopher Park
    910 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. James J Walker Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields Landmark
    410 feet
  2. St Veronica RC Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,200 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 162 places to eat and 16 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 Bedford 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.