Thompson Street & West 3rd Street

Thompson 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. (former) Fire Patrol No. 2 stands 120 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 168 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
930 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · T232
Within a walk
28 places
6 playgrounds, 5 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 930 feet from this corner, about four 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
    930 feet
    A B C D E F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  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
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.4 miles
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 3 St, 940 feet away, for the T232.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 88 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. LaGuardia Pl & W 3 St 51 docks in all
    300 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, 1.6 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
27 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Thompson Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign 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 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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 205 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1902.

  1. (former) Fire Patrol No. 2 Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Judson Hall Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies Designated landmark
    280 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
    550 feet
  2. Giuseppe Garibaldi Statue by Giovanni Turini, 1888
    580 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Liu-New York University Campus College
    500 feet
  2. New York University College
    510 feet
  3. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    290 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    300 feet
  3. Adrienne's Playground
    400 feet
Show all 12
  1. Play Hills Playground
    560 feet
  2. LaGuardia Corner Community Garden
    840 feet
  3. Minetta Playground
    840 feet
  4. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    910 feet
  5. Mercer Playground
    970 feet
  6. Minetta Green
    1,030 feet
  7. Minetta Triangle
    1,130 feet
  8. Father Demo Square
    1,160 feet
  9. Washington Square Park Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    390 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    440 feet
  3. New York University Libraries Research library
    500 feet
Show all 6
  1. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    510 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    580 feet
  2. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Landmark · listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. St Anthony of Padua Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    620 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 168 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Thompson 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.