Greenwich Street & Charles Street

Greenwich Street and Charles Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner 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. Village Community School is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about six minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
W 10 St/Greenwich St · M8
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Street & Charles Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.5 miles
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.5 miles
    A B C D E F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Greenwich Village Murals” (1994) by Lee Brozgol at the Christopher St-Stonewall station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 10 St/Greenwich St, 310 feet away, for the M8.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 10 St/Greenwich St M8
    310 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Greenwich Street.

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich St & Perry St 45 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.9 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
    280 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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 March 2026.

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Charles Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Charles Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 390 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1838 and 1894.

  1. 9th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. St. Veronica's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Village Community School Landmark
    490 feet
  2. St Luke's School
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. M.S. 297 School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    920 feet
  2. Bleecker Playground
    940 feet
  3. Abingdon Square
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Veronica RC Church Landmark
    570 feet
  2. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Charles Street or Greenwich 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.