Gansevoort Street & Little West 12th Street

Gansevoort Street and Little West 12th Street meet at a three-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Gansevoort Market Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Notre Dame School is 590 feet away, and Whitney Museum of American Art is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, C, E and L. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and 107 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Hudson St/Horatio St · M11, M12
Within a walk
19 places
3 listed historic places, 3 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gansevoort Street & Little West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    1,140 feet
    A C E L

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3 F L M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life Underground” (2001) by Tom Otterness at the 14 St/8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hudson St/Horatio St, 390 feet away, for the M11 and M12.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hudson St/Horatio St M11, M12
    390 feet
    M11 M12

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …
  2. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gansevoort Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gansevoort St & Hudson St 120 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 400 West 12th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Gansevoort Market Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 319 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1845 and 1887.

  1. Herring Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. P.F. Collier & Son Building Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. Trowmart Inn Designated landmark
    760 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Abingdon Square Park.

  1. Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue by Philip H. Martiny, 1921
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Notre Dame School
    590 feet
  2. West Village Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  3. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. International Language Center Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    200 feet
  2. The High Line Park
    620 feet
  3. Abingdon Square
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jackson Square
    900 feet
  2. Jane Street Garden
    960 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    470 feet
  2. Public space at 99 Jane Street Public space
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    850 feet
  2. Gansevoort Market Historic District Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Whitney Museum of American Art Museum
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. New York Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Port Authority Post Office
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 107 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Gansevoort Street or Little West 12th 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.