Christopher Street & Gay Street

Christopher Street and Gay 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, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Stonewall National Monument is 110 feet away, and St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about two minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places and 194 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
460 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Christopher St/Greenwich Av · M8
Within a walk
27 places
6 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Christopher Street & Gay Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  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. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    710 feet
    1
  2. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3 F L M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Christopher St/Greenwich Av, 150 feet away, for the M8.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/Greenwich Av M8
    150 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Christopher Street.

  • 93 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich Ave & Charles St 57 docks in all
    670 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, 2 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
    0.5 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 one crash 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 March 2022.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and November 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Christopher Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Gay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Gay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 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, 505 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1890.

  1. The Fellows (Company) Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Switzer Institute and Home Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. Waverly Building Designated landmark
    220 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    480 feet
  2. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  2. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    250 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    410 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. McCarthy Square
    740 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    1,020 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stonewall Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    110 feet
  3. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    550 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    660 feet
  4. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    500 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station · landmark
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    760 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 194 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Christopher Street or Gay 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.