Minetta Street & Minetta Lane

Minetta Street and Minetta Lane meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Village Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Minetta Lane Theatre stands 90 feet away, and Cooke School and Institute is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, six of them parks, and 251 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
460 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · M55, T232
Within a walk
35 places
6 parks, 6 playgrounds and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Minetta Street & Minetta Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
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  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, 350 feet away, for the M55 and T232.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 93 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 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
    380 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2016.

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1887 and 1904.

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Minetta Lane

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Minetta Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Minetta Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 441 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1901.

  1. Minetta Lane Theatre Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. West Reformed Dutch Church (now IFC Theater) Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. New York University School of Law; Vanderbilt Hall Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 6 playgrounds
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · landmark
    500 feet
  2. Lrei School
    540 feet
  3. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    660 feet
  2. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,170 feet
  3. Academy of St Joseph School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Minetta Green
    160 feet
  2. Minetta Playground
    190 feet
  3. Minetta Triangle
    260 feet
Show all 13
  1. Father Demo Square
    290 feet
  2. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    460 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    500 feet
  4. Washington Square Park
    670 feet
  5. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    720 feet
  6. Play Hills Playground
    880 feet
  7. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,020 feet
  8. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,150 feet
  9. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,240 feet
  10. Adrienne's Playground
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    930 feet
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  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,230 feet
  4. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    870 feet
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  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 2/Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 251 places to eat and 23 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 Minetta Lane or Minetta Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.