Great Jones Street & Shinbone Alley

Great Jones Street and Shinbone Alley meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the NoHo Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Schermerhorn Building stands 120 feet away, and Washington Square Park is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, is about three minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Broadway/W 3 St · M1, M55
Within a walk
33 places
10 listed historic places, 4 colleges and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Great Jones Street & Shinbone Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    770 feet
    6 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
  4. F …
  5. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    1,020 feet
    R W
  2. Astor Pl 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signal” (1997) by Mel Chin and “Hive (Bleecker Street)” (2012) by Leo Villareal at the Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 3 St, 340 feet away, for the M1 and M55.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 3 St M1, M55
    340 feet
    M1 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Great Jones Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Great Jones St 23 docks in all
    140 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,080 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1896 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 6pm on Great Jones Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm on Great Jones Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102351 and 104514.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the NoHo Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 189 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1868 and 1901.

  1. Schermerhorn Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Brooks Brothers Store Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. Mission of the Immaculate Virgin of Mount Loretto Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 4 colleges
  • 4 theaters or concert halls
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    650 feet
  3. Harvey Milk High School
    1,110 feet
Show all 8
  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  2. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    1,180 feet
  3. New York University College
    1,220 feet
  4. Liu-New York University Campus College
    1,250 feet
  5. Blake Business School Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mercer Playground
    500 feet
  2. Manuel Plaza Park
    770 feet
  3. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Square Park
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. Merchant's House Museum
    700 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,200 feet
Show all 14
  1. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Bayard-Condict Building Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    630 feet
  4. Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    740 feet
  5. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    750 feet
  6. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    830 feet
  7. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  8. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  9. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,220 feet
  10. New York University Libraries Research library
    1,250 feet
  11. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,030 feet
  2. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 33/Ladder 9 Fire station · listed historic place
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,150 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Great Jones Street or Shinbone Alley.

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.