Sullivan Street & West 3rd Street

Sullivan Street and West 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the South Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York University School of Law; Vanderbilt Hall stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places and 199 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
680 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · T232
Within a walk
37 places
7 religious buildings, 6 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sullivan Street & West 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  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. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Houston St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 3 St, 680 feet away, for the T232.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 3 St T232
    680 feet
    T232

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 3rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sullivan St & Washington Sq 57 docks in all
    180 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
    0.9 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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 3,500 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 1909.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sullivan Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Sullivan Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 3rd Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 6PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM ALL DAYS

South side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the South Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 262 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1844 and 1902.

  1. (former) Fire Patrol No. 2 Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. New York University School of Law; Vanderbilt Hall Designated landmark
    210 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Washington Square Park.

  1. Alexander Lyman Holley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1890
    530 feet
  2. Giuseppe Garibaldi Statue by Giovanni Turini, 1888
    720 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 parks
  • 6 playgrounds
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 colleges
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Liu-New York University Campus College
    750 feet
  2. New York University College
    760 feet
  3. Lrei School
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  2. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    300 feet
  2. Play Hills Playground
    370 feet
  3. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    540 feet
Show all 13
  1. Minetta Playground
    590 feet
  2. Adrienne's Playground
    650 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    650 feet
  4. Minetta Green
    780 feet
  5. Minetta Triangle
    870 feet
  6. Father Demo Square
    910 feet
  7. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  8. Downing Street Playground
    1,110 feet
  9. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,130 feet
  10. Mercer Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    640 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    690 feet
  3. New York University Libraries Research library
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    760 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  4. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    320 feet
  2. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Landmark · listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 199 places to eat and 16 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 Sullivan Street or West 3rd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.