Morton Street & Bedford Street

Morton Street and Bedford 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, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Vernon Studio Building stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Houston St, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 209 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Houston St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
7 Av South/Bedford St · M20
Within a walk
40 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morton Street & Bedford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Houston St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Houston St 1
    950 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,040 feet
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Platform Diving” (1994) by Deborah Brown at the Houston St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av South/Bedford St, 260 feet away, for the M20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave S & Bleecker St 87 docks in all
    520 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2021.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 1883 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Bedford Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Morton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Morton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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 492 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1891.

  1. Upjohn Building Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. The Vernon Studio Building Designated landmark
    130 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
    550 feet
  2. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus, 1834
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    700 feet
  2. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  3. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
Show all 11
  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    770 feet
  2. High School M560 - City As School
    920 feet
  3. P.S. M721 - Manhattan Occupational Training Center School
    920 feet
  4. M.S. 297 School
    930 feet
  5. St Luke's School
    970 feet
  6. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  7. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,180 feet
  8. Lrei School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James J Walker Park
    520 feet
  2. James J Walker Park Playground
    540 feet
  3. Downing Street Playground
    780 feet
Show all 12
  1. Father Demo Square
    930 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. Christopher Park
    1,120 feet
  4. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,140 feet
  5. Minetta Playground
    1,180 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    1,180 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,190 feet
  8. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,220 feet
  9. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hudson Park Library Landmark
    570 feet
  2. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    600 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church Landmark
    620 feet
  3. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
    600 feet
  2. Tony Dapolito Pool Swimming pool
    610 feet
  3. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Village Post Office Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 209 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Street or Morton 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.