MacDougal Street & Minetta Lane

MacDougal Street and Minetta Lane meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Minetta Green is 330 feet away, and Our Lady of Pompeii Church is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about two minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, six of them parks, and 254 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
620 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · M55, T232
Within a walk
37 places
6 parks, 6 playgrounds and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
MacDougal Street & Minetta Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    620 feet
    A B C D E F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Houston St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 3 St, 520 feet away, for the M55 and T232.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 3 St M55, T232
    520 feet
    M55 T232

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on MacDougal Street.

  • 112 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carmine St & 6 Ave 63 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 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 1887 and 1908.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Minetta Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Minetta Lane

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 377 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1844 and 1901.

  1. Minetta Lane Theatre Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Sullivan Street Industrial School Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. New York University School of Law; Vanderbilt Hall Designated landmark
    370 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Washington Square Park.

  1. Alexander Lyman Holley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1890
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 6 playgrounds
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lrei School
    630 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · landmark
    670 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Cooke School and Institute School
    990 feet
  3. Liu-New York University Campus College
    1,190 feet
  4. New York University College
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Minetta Green
    330 feet
  2. Minetta Playground
    360 feet
  3. Minetta Triangle
    430 feet
Show all 13
  1. Father Demo Square
    470 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    500 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    600 feet
  4. Downing Street Playground
    670 feet
  5. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    690 feet
  6. Play Hills Playground
    710 feet
  7. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    980 feet
  8. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,000 feet
  9. Adrienne's Playground
    1,090 feet
  10. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,060 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,090 feet
Show all 9
  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. New York University Libraries Research library
    1,190 feet
  4. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,200 feet
  5. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  6. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall · landmark
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 254 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along MacDougal Street or Minetta Lane.

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.