Hudson Street & Christopher Street

Hudson Street and Christopher Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Sylvia Rivera Way by local law. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. The Manhattan School (formerly Public School No. 3) stands 190 feet away, and Christopher Park is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 152 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
930 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Christopher St/Hudson St · M8
Within a walk
24 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hudson Street & Christopher Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    930 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/Hudson St, 80 feet away, for the M8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Christopher Street and Hudson Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 2.1 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
    1,060 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sylvia Rivera Way, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).

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 5,100 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 1889 and 1928.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sylvia Rivera Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Christopher Street

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING EXCEPT VEHICLES WITH DOT THEATRE PERMIT

South side of Christopher Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 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 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

West side of Hudson Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104941.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 425 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal (late). They were mostly built between 1831 and 1897.

  1. The Manhattan School (formerly Public School No. 3) Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. St. Luke's Church Vicarage Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. St. Luke's School Gymnasium Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Luke's School Landmark
    260 feet
  2. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    280 feet
  3. Village Community School Landmark
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. M.S. 297 School
    880 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Christopher Park
    1,070 feet
  2. James J Walker Park
    1,090 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    1,200 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hudson River Park
    1,200 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,260 feet
  3. James J Walker Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    930 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields Landmark
    280 feet
  2. St Veronica RC Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 152 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

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