West 4th Street & Charles Street

West 4th Street and Charles 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, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Darech Amuno Congregation is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 203 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
7 Av South/W 10 St · M20
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    1,280 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F 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 7 Av South/W 10 St, 340 feet away, for the M20.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av South/W 10 St M20
    340 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 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
    330 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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 May 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 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 1884 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Charles Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Charles Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 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, 608 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1844 and 1889.

  1. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    470 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    520 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    540 feet
  3. The Family Sculpture by Chaim Gross, 1992
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Academy of St Joseph School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarthy Square
    380 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    510 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bleecker Playground
    970 feet
  2. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,040 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,100 feet
  3. House at 131 Charles Street Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  4. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Darech Amuno Congregation Landmark
    70 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church Landmark
    520 feet
  3. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    530 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John Episcopal Church Landmark
    770 feet
  2. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. 6th Precinct Police station
    780 feet
  2. Squad 18 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 203 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Charles 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.