Washington Street & Barrow Street

Washington Street and Barrow Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Veronica RC Church is 440 feet away, and Cherry Lane Theatre is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them schools, and 53 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Christopher St/Washington St · M8
Within a walk
13 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Barrow Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Houston St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 Christopher St/Washington St, 390 feet away, for the M8.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/Washington St M8
    390 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Street.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington St & Barrow St 57 docks in all
    10 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.9 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 five 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 January 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Washington Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 109 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1829 and 1907.

  1. United States Appraisers' Warehouse Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Keller Hotel Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. St. Luke's School Gymnasium Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 theater or concert hall

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at West Village Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. M.S. 297 School
    540 feet
  3. Village Community School
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Luke's School Landmark
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    510 feet
  2. James J Walker Park
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Veronica RC Church Landmark
    440 feet
  2. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and ten 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 Barrow Street or Washington 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.