Christopher Street & Greenwich Avenue

Christopher Street and Greenwich Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Ruth E. Wittenburg Triangle by local law. It 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. Jefferson Market Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about a minute on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places and 175 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
350 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Greenwich Av/Christopher St · M8
Within a walk
30 places
5 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Christopher Street & Greenwich Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    350 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
    920 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 Greenwich Av/Christopher St, 30 feet away, for the M8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Christopher Street.

  • 95 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich Ave & Charles St 57 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.7 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
    1.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ruth E. Wittenburg Triangle, a co-naming enacted on December 7, 1990 (Local Law 75 of 1990).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ruth E. Wittenburg Triangle.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to midnight on Greenwich Avenue (south side).

North side of Christopher Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Christopher Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Greenwich Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Greenwich Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 106341 and 106410.

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, 521 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1882.

  1. C. O. Bigelow, Chemists, Inc. Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. West Side Savings Bank Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. The Fellows (Company) Building Designated landmark
    380 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
    700 feet
  2. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    370 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. The New School College
    1,110 feet
  3. New York Grad Sch Psychoanal College
    1,160 feet
  4. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  5. La Petite Ecole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    40 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    620 feet
  3. McCarthy Square
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    930 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    980 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,100 feet
  5. Minetta Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    80 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    310 feet
  2. Stonewall Listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Library Landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet
Show all 6
  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    640 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station · landmark
    340 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 175 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Christopher Street or Greenwich Avenue.

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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.