Morton Street & 7th Avenue South

Morton Street and 7th Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Neighborhood Church is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 224 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 7th Avenue South.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
920 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
7 Av South/Bedford St · M20
Within a walk
41 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morton Street & 7th Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    920 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Houston St 1
    1,000 feet
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,250 feet
    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 7 Av South/Bedford St, 310 feet away, for the M20.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av South/Bedford St M20
    310 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 7th Avenue South.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Morton Street (west side).

East side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Morton 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Morton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104577, 105040 and 105041.

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 518 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1835 and 1891.

  1. Upjohn Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. The Vernon Studio Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Church of Our Lady of Pompeii Community House Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in James J. Walker Park.

  1. Carmine Street Pool Mural Mural by Keith Haring, 1987
    650 feet
  2. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus, 1834
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 parks
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    670 feet
  3. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
Show all 11
  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    890 feet
  2. High School M560 - City As School
    970 feet
  3. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    970 feet
  4. M.S. 297 School
    1,050 feet
  5. St Luke's School
    1,090 feet
  6. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,120 feet
  7. Lrei School
    1,190 feet
  8. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    570 feet
  2. James J Walker Park Playground
    590 feet
  3. Father Demo Square
    810 feet
Show all 12
  1. Downing Street Playground
    830 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    940 feet
  3. Christopher Park
    1,000 feet
  4. Minetta Playground
    1,060 feet
  5. Minetta Triangle
    1,070 feet
  6. Minetta Green
    1,070 feet
  7. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,120 feet
  8. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,190 feet
  9. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    480 feet
  3. Hudson Park Library
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church Landmark
    630 feet
  3. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    650 feet
  2. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    670 feet
  3. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 224 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue South or Morton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.