West 4th Street & Washington Place

West 4th Street and Washington Place meet at a six-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Christopher Park is 30 feet away, and Minetta Playground is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 233 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Christopher St/Waverly Pl · M8
Within a walk
40 places
10 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 4th Street & Washington Place 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
    760 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/Waverly Pl, 230 feet away, for the M8.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/Waverly Pl M8
    230 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 82 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
    270 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 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 1887 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grove Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grove Street

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

North side of Washington Place

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

South side of Washington Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 4th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106573.

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 583 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1839 and 1893.

  1. Corn Exchange Bank (later Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co.) Designated landmark
    80 feet
  2. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    350 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
    90 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    160 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 5 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
    480 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    580 feet
  3. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 003 Charrette School
    1,070 feet
  2. Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
    1,180 feet
  3. St Luke's School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Christopher Park
    30 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    120 feet
  3. McCarthy Square
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    820 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Garden
    900 feet
  3. Minetta Playground
    1,090 feet
  4. Washington Square Park
    1,170 feet
  5. Minetta Green
    1,270 feet
  6. Father Demo Square
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stonewall Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    600 feet
  3. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    690 feet
  3. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    780 feet
  4. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    900 feet
  5. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    990 feet
  6. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Cherry Lane Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet
  2. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    310 feet
  2. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    620 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  4. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,220 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
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    1,000 feet
  2. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    210 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 233 places to eat and 31 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Grove Street, Washington Place 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.