West 4th Street & Horatio Street

West 4th Street and Horatio 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, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York Public Library Jackson Square Branch stands 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 119 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
590 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
8 Av/W 4 St · M20
Within a walk
23 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    590 feet
    A C E L

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    1,140 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life Underground” (2001) by Tom Otterness at the 14 St/8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/W 4 St, 150 feet away, for the M20.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 4 St M20
    150 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Horatio Street.

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich Ave & 8 Ave 75 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 400 West 12th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Horatio Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Horatio Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 4th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 108097.

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 are four Individual Landmarks, and 350 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1843 and 1886.

  1. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. New York Public Library Jackson Square Branch Designated landmark
    490 feet
  3. New York Savings Bank Designated landmark
    610 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue by Philip H. Martiny, 1921
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Notre Dame School
    510 feet
  2. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  3. International Language Center Trade or language school
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. West Village Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  4. Corlears School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    130 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    200 feet
  3. Jane Street Garden
    320 feet
Show all 7
  1. Abingdon Square
    640 feet
  2. Bleecker Playground
    900 feet
  3. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    930 feet
  4. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    420 feet
  2. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    650 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 119 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Horatio 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.