Washington Street & Charles Lane

Washington Street and Charles Lane meet at a three-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 9th Police Precinct Station House, stands 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 59 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
W 10 St/Washington St · M8
Within a walk
14 places
4 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Charles Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 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 W 10 St/Washington St, 450 feet away, for the M8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 10 St/Washington St M8 · Shelter
    450 feet
    M8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Street.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 10 St & Washington St 68 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,270 feet
  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 April 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Charles Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Charles Lane

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 249 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1838 and 1902.

  1. 9th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. St. Veronica's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Village Community School Landmark
    610 feet
  2. St Luke's School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    560 feet
  2. Bleecker Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Bell Telephone Laboratories Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Westbeth Listed historic place
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Federal Office Building Listed historic place
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Veronica RC Church Landmark
    570 feet
  2. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 155 Bank Street Older adult center
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.