Greenwich Avenue & Bank Street

Greenwich Avenue and Bank Street meet at a three-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Bella Abzug Way by local law. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1, 2, 3 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places and 124 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
7 Av/W 12 St · M20
Within a walk
30 places
5 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Avenue & Bank Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    510 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
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  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  4. F …
  5. M …
West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    1,070 feet
    A C E L
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wild Things” (2024) by Fred Tomaselli at the 14 St/6 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/W 12 St, 500 feet away, for the M20.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/W 12 St M20
    500 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Greenwich Avenue.

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Perry St & Greenwich Ave 53 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes 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 February 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
27 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Bella Abzug Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,900 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 Bella Abzug Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bank Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bank Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Greenwich Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104565.

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 are three Individual Landmarks, and 466 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1843 and 1886.

  1. Loew's Sheridan Theater Designated landmark
    50 feet
  2. National Headquarters of the National Maritime Union of America Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. St. Vincent's Hospital: John J. Rascob Memorial Building Designated landmark
    300 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in St. Vincent's Triangle.

  1. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    90 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 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International Language Center Trade or language school
    850 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    980 feet
  3. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  2. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  3. City & Country School
    1,120 feet
  4. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  5. Pratt Institute Manhattan Cntr College
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    40 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    690 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,040 feet
Show all 8
  1. McCarthy Square
    730 feet
  2. Jane Street Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    1,130 feet
  4. Abingdon Square
    1,150 feet
  5. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Museum of Illusions Museum
    980 feet
  3. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. New York Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    550 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 124 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bank 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.