Greenwich Street & Christopher Street

Greenwich Street and Christopher Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Veronica RC Church is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about five minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 114 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Christopher St/Greenwich St · M8
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Street & Christopher Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,250 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.4 miles
    A B C D E F M
  2. Houston St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 Christopher St/Greenwich St, 110 feet away, for the M8.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/Greenwich St M8
    110 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Christopher Street and Greenwich Street.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich St & Christopher St 74 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    810 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 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 1895 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Christopher Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Christopher Street

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FRI-SUN MIDNIGHT-6AM

East side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 284 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1835 and 1900.

  1. St. Veronica's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 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
    300 feet
  2. St Luke's School Landmark
    310 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    600 feet
  2. M.S. 297 School
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    890 feet
  2. James J Walker Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Veronica RC Church Landmark
    150 feet
  2. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields Landmark
    230 feet
  3. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 114 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Christopher 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.