West 4th Street & Cornelia Street

West 4th Street and Cornelia Street meet at a three-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of 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. Varitype Building stands 100 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 264 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
320 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · T232
Within a walk
36 places
7 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    760 feet
    1
  2. Houston St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 3 St, 370 feet away, for the T232.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 83 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Pl & 6 Ave 76 docks in all
    390 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.3 miles

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10014
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 1883 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornelia Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cornelia Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 4th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105542.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 459 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1900.

  1. Varitype Building Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. Banker's Federal Savings & Loan Association Designated landmark
    170 feet
  3. West Reformed Dutch Church (now IFC Theater) Designated landmark
    240 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    580 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    760 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Lrei School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    120 feet
  2. Minetta Playground
    390 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    490 feet
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  1. Washington Square Park
    550 feet
  2. Minetta Green
    570 feet
  3. Father Demo Square
    590 feet
  4. Christopher Park
    730 feet
  5. Play Hills Playground
    760 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    880 feet
  7. Downing Street Playground
    930 feet
  8. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,070 feet
  9. William F. Passannante Ballfield Park
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    680 feet
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  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,050 feet
  2. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. South Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  4. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,310 feet
  5. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    500 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village Landmark
    340 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    810 feet
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  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 25 Carmine Street Older adult center
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    160 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    400 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 264 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cornelia 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.