West 4th Street & Greene Street

West 4th Street and Greene Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, five of them colleges, and 91 places to eat. About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Broadway/W 3 St · M1, M55
Within a walk
31 places
5 colleges, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    1,040 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Astor Pl 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.3 miles
    6 B D F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Broadway Diary” (2002) by Timothy Snell at the 8 St-NYU station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 3 St, 890 feet away, for the M1 and M55.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 3 St M1, M55
    890 feet
    M1 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 4th Street.

  • 108 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Pl & Greene St 46 docks in all
    290 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1930 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Greene Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Greene Street

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

North side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 90 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival and Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1903.

  1. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Merchants Building Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. The Andre and Bella Meyer Physics Hall Designated landmark
    420 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Washington Square Park.

  1. Giuseppe Garibaldi Statue by Giovanni Turini, 1888
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 5 colleges
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College · landmark
    400 feet
  2. New York University College
    510 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
Show all 9
  1. Liu-New York University Campus College
    520 feet
  2. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    720 feet
  3. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    910 feet
  4. Harvey Milk High School
    1,190 feet
  5. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  6. University Plaza Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    300 feet
  2. Mercer Playground
    570 feet
  3. Washington Square Park Playground
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    740 feet
  2. Adrienne's Playground
    890 feet
  3. Play Hills Playground
    1,050 feet
  4. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,000 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    1,040 feet
  3. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    510 feet
  2. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    800 feet
  3. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,030 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York University Libraries Research library
    520 feet
  2. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. Merchant's House Museum
    1,150 feet
  5. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  6. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    110 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 91 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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