Greenwich Street & West 12th Street

Greenwich Street and West 12th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Trowmart Inn stands 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them parks, and 85 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Bethune St/Greenwich St · M11
Within a walk
15 places
4 parks, 2 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Street & West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    0.3 miles
    A C E L

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life Underground” (2001) by Tom Otterness at the 14 St/8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bethune St/Greenwich St, 240 feet away, for the M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bethune St/Greenwich St M11
    240 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Greenwich Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 12 St & Hudson St 45 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 400 West 12th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 123 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Greenwich Street

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

West side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 462 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1842 and 1884.

  1. Trowmart Inn Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. The Ross Building Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. Laux Hotel Designated landmark
    540 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Abingdon Square Park.

  1. Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue by Philip H. Martiny, 1921
    300 feet
  2. The Family Sculpture by Chaim Gross, 1992
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. West Village Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abingdon Square
    280 feet
  2. Bleecker Playground
    540 feet
  3. Jane Street Garden
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    720 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    1,100 feet
  3. Jackson Square
    1,130 feet
  4. The High Line Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 99 Jane Street Public space
    860 feet
  2. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bell Telephone Laboratories Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Westbeth Listed historic place
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 155 Bank Street Older adult center
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    170 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 85 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greenwich Street or West 12th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.