Hudson Street & Charles Street

Hudson 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, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 280 feet to the 6th Precinct, and McCarthy Square is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about five minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 133 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
W 10 St/Hudson St · M8
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hudson Street & Charles Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,210 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.4 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/Hudson St, 350 feet away, for the M8.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 10 St/Hudson St M8
    350 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Hudson Street.

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 2 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
    550 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,900 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 1885 and 1922.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Charles Street

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

South side of Charles Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hudson Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Hudson Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101980 and 106662.

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 513 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1842 and 1893.

  1. 9th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. The Manhattan School (formerly Public School No. 3) Designated landmark
    630 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. The Family Sculpture by Chaim Gross, 1992
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Village Community School Landmark
    770 feet
  2. St Luke's School Landmark
    770 feet
  3. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bleecker Playground
    690 feet
  2. Abingdon Square
    1,030 feet
  3. Hudson River Park
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. McCarthy Square
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    800 feet
  3. St Veronica RC Church House of worship
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 133 places to eat and 18 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 Charles Street or Hudson 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.