West 12th Street & Greenwich Avenue

West 12th Street and Greenwich Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “New York City AIDS Memorial” is 130 feet away, and National Headquarters of the National Maritime Union of America stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, 2, 3 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 128 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
7 Av/W 12 St · M20
Within a walk
28 places
5 listed historic places, 5 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 12th Street & Greenwich Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    300 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
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  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  4. F …
  5. M …
West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    860 feet
    A C E L
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wild Things” (2024) by Fred Tomaselli at the 14 St/6 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/W 12 St, 370 feet away, for the M20.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/W 12 St M20
    370 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Greenwich Avenue and West 12th Street.

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich Ave & 8 Ave 75 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
3
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,900 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 1899 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Greenwich Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Greenwich Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 12th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of West 12th Street

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106178.

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 are five Individual Landmarks, and 428 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1842 and 1887.

  1. The Food and Maritime Trades Vocational High School Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. National Headquarters of the National Maritime Union of America Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Loew's Sheridan Theater Designated landmark
    210 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in St. Vincent's Triangle.

  1. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    130 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International Language Center Trade or language school
    650 feet
  2. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    880 feet
  3. City & Country School
    950 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    900 feet
  2. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. Pratt Institute Manhattan Cntr College
    1,090 feet
  4. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,180 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    90 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    490 feet
  3. Jane Street Garden
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. McCarthy Square
    940 feet
  2. Abingdon Square
    950 feet
  3. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    970 feet
  4. Bleecker Playground
    1,210 feet
  5. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    340 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Museum of Illusions Museum
    780 feet
  3. New York Savings Bank Listed historic place
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    820 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 128 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greenwich Avenue or West 12th 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.