West 4th Street & Barrow Street

West 4th Street and Barrow 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, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden is 30 feet away, and New York University Provincetown Playhouse is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 211 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
290 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Christopher St/Waverly Pl · M8
Within a walk
35 places
7 listed historic places, 7 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    290 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    790 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3 F L M

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/Waverly Pl, 460 feet away, for the M8.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/Waverly Pl M8
    460 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 87 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. W 4 St & 7 Ave S 60 docks in all
    500 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 February 2026.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,300 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 1886 and 1917.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Barrow Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 4th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 4th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106395.

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 562 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1895.

  1. Corn Exchange Bank (later Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co.) Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. St. Joseph's Washington Place School Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. Greenwich House Settlement Designated landmark
    390 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Christopher Park.

  1. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    280 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    290 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 7 listed historic places
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    310 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    420 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  2. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    30 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    260 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. Minetta Playground
    860 feet
  2. McCarthy Square
    960 feet
  3. Washington Square Park
    1,010 feet
  4. Minetta Green
    1,040 feet
  5. Father Demo Square
    1,060 feet
  6. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,130 feet
  7. Play Hills Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Stonewall Listed historic place
    790 feet
Show all 8
  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    830 feet
  2. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    890 feet
  4. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet
  5. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    930 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    960 feet
  2. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village Landmark
    430 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    540 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    200 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    440 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    450 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 211 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barrow 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.