Greenwich Street & Clarkson Street

Greenwich Street and Clarkson Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sarcophagus “Firemen's Memorial” is 580 feet away, and Church of Saint Luke in the Fields is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
West Houston St/Washington St · SIM7, SIM9
Within a walk
16 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Street & Clarkson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    1,130 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. Spring St C, E
    0.5 miles
    C E

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Platform Diving” (1994) by Deborah Brown at the Houston St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Houston St/Washington St, 490 feet away, for the SIM7 and SIM9.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Houston St/Washington St SIM7, SIM9
    490 feet
    SIM7 SIM9

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM7 …
  2. SIM9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clarkson 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 & W Houston St 80 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 200 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clarkson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10PM

South side of Clarkson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 39 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1847 and 1852.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in James J. Walker Park.

  1. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus, 1834
    580 feet
  2. Carmine Street Pool Mural Mural by Keith Haring, 1987
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. M.S. 297 School
    710 feet
  3. High School M560 - City As School
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    450 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    720 feet
  3. James J Walker Park Playground
    820 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Saatchi & Saatchi Public space
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Hudson Park Library
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. St Veronica RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    750 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    820 feet
  3. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarkson 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.