West 4th Street & Bank Street

West 4th Street and Bank Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Laux Hotel stands 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 114 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
8 Av/W 12 St · M12
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 4th Street & Bank Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes 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
    1,140 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  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. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    1,230 feet
    1
  2. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    0.3 miles
    A C E L

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 8 Av/W 12 St, 520 feet away, for the M12.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 12 St M12
    520 feet
    M12

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 12 St & Hudson St 45 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 400 West 12th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 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
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bank Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bank Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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, 589 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1844 and 1881.

  1. The Bank Street School Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. Laux Hotel Designated landmark
    400 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Abingdon Square Park.

  1. Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue by Philip H. Martiny, 1921
    510 feet
  2. The Family Sculpture by Chaim Gross, 1992
    520 feet
  3. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    670 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bleecker Playground
    490 feet
  2. Abingdon Square
    630 feet
  3. Jane Street Garden
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    670 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    940 feet
  3. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    950 feet
  4. McCarthy Square
    1,090 feet
  5. Christopher Park
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    1,220 feet
  2. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation Landmark
    680 feet
  3. St John Episcopal Church Landmark
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    540 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 114 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bank Street or West 4th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.