West 3rd Street & MacDougal Street

West 3rd Street and MacDougal Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York University Provincetown Playhouse is 140 feet away, and Liu-New York University Campus is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about two minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, seven of them playgrounds, and 231 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
430 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · T232
Within a walk
39 places
7 playgrounds, 6 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
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  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
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 3 St, 430 feet away, for the T232.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on MacDougal Street and West 3rd Street.

  • 107 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 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
    440 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 4,000 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 1905.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of MacDougal Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 3rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 351 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1841 and 1901.

  1. New York University School of Law; Vanderbilt Hall Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Minetta Lane Theatre Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies Designated landmark
    350 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Washington Square Park.

  1. Alexander Lyman Holley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1890
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 7 playgrounds
  • 6 parks
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lrei School
    830 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Liu-New York University Campus College
    1,000 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  2. New York University College
    1,010 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,030 feet
  4. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,190 feet
  5. Academy of St Joseph School
    1,210 feet
  6. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    300 feet
  2. Minetta Playground
    340 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    400 feet
Show all 14
  1. Play Hills Playground
    520 feet
  2. Minetta Green
    530 feet
  3. Minetta Triangle
    620 feet
  4. Father Demo Square
    660 feet
  5. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    790 feet
  6. Downing Street Playground
    860 feet
  7. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    880 feet
  8. Adrienne's Playground
    900 feet
  9. Toddler Playground
    1,160 feet
  10. Playground of the Americas Playground
    1,190 feet
  11. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    890 feet
  2. Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    940 feet
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  1. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. New York University Libraries Research library
    1,000 feet
  3. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,010 feet
  4. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  5. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall · landmark
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    970 feet
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  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet
  2. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 231 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along MacDougal 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.