Greenwich Avenue & Charles Street

Greenwich Avenue and Charles Street meet at a three-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. McCarthy Square is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 133 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
840 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Greenwich Av/Christopher St · M8
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Avenue & Charles Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
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  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    850 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,080 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greenwich Av/Christopher St, 480 feet away, for the M8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 75 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. Greenwich Ave & Charles St 57 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    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 six 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Charles Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Charles Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Greenwich Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 103744.

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, 500 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1841 and 1887.

  1. St. Vincent's Hospital: Spellman Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. St. Vincent's Hospital: Harold R. Cronin Research Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. St. Vincent's Hospital Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School · landmark
    730 feet
  3. Academy of St Joseph School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    300 feet
  2. McCarthy Square
    370 feet
  3. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    610 feet
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  1. Christopher Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    560 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jefferson Market Library Landmark · listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    600 feet
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  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    800 feet
  2. Stonewall Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    850 feet
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  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station · landmark
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    810 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,110 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 133 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Charles Street or Greenwich Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.