West 4th Street & Christopher Street

West 4th Street and Christopher Street meet at a six-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner is also named Wes Joice Corner by local law. It lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statues “Gay Liberation” are 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 232 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Christopher St/7 Av South · M8
Within a walk
40 places
11 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    60 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
    870 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.3 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/7 Av South, 170 feet away, for the M8.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/7 Av South M8
    170 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 7th Avenue South and Christopher Street.

  • 70 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 4 St & 7 Ave S 60 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

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
23 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Wes Joice Corner, a co-naming enacted on March 11, 1999 (Local Law 8 of 1999).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,200 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Wes Joice Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and June 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7:30am to 6pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 7:30am to 10pm on West 4th Street (west side).

East side of 7th Avenue South

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue South

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-10PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Christopher Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Christopher Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 4th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 4th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102677, 103819 and 106663.

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 607 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1839 and 1892.

  1. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Corn Exchange Bank (later Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co.) Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    270 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
    110 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    510 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    690 feet
  3. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    1,090 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,200 feet
  3. St Luke's School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Christopher Park
    40 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    230 feet
  3. McCarthy Square
    620 feet
Show all 8
  1. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    930 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Garden
    930 feet
  3. Minetta Playground
    1,200 feet
  4. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,270 feet
  5. Washington Square Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    570 feet
Show all 9
  1. Stonewall Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    630 feet
  3. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    890 feet
  4. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    950 feet
  5. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  6. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet
  2. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    230 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    520 feet
  3. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  3. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  4. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  5. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    910 feet
  2. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    180 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 232 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 27 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue South, Christopher Street or West 4th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.