West 4th Street & Jones Street

West 4th Street and Jones 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, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Joseph's Washington Place School stands 260 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 37 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 219 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
6 Av/W 3 St · T232
Within a walk
37 places
8 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    520 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
    570 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. Houston St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 6 Av/W 3 St, 610 feet away, for the T232.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T232 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 91 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
    630 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1885 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to midnight on West 4th Street (north side).

South side of Jones Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Jones Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103793 and 106395.

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 505 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1895.

  1. St. Joseph's Washington Place School Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. Greenwich House Settlement Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. Varitype Building Designated landmark
    290 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
    500 feet
  2. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    540 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    640 feet
  3. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Downing Street Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  2. Little Red School House & Elizabeth Irwin High School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,210 feet
  3. Lrei School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    250 feet
  2. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    360 feet
  3. Christopher Park
    490 feet
Show all 11
  1. Minetta Playground
    630 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    790 feet
  3. Minetta Green
    810 feet
  4. Father Demo Square
    830 feet
  5. Play Hills Playground
    1,000 feet
  6. Minetta Triangle
    1,120 feet
  7. Downing Street Playground
    1,160 feet
  8. McCarthy Square
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    700 feet
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  1. Stonewall Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    1,060 feet
  3. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  5. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    740 feet
  2. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village Landmark
    310 feet
  2. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    580 feet
  3. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    760 feet
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  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 219 places to eat and 25 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 Jones 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.