West 4th Street & West 12th Street

West 4th Street and West 12th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Abingdon Square Doughboy” is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 99 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
8 Av/W 12 St · M12
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 4th Street & West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    890 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
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  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  4. F …
  5. M …
West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    1,080 feet
    A C E L
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wild Things” (2024) by Fred Tomaselli at the 14 St/6 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/W 12 St, 260 feet away, for the M12.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 12 St M12
    260 feet
    M12

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 12 St & Hudson St 45 docks in all
    490 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
    720 feet
  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 five 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 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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 126 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106779.

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 two Individual Landmarks, and 522 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. The Bank Street School Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Laux Hotel Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Trowmart Inn Designated landmark
    630 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Abingdon Square Park.

  1. Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue by Philip H. Martiny, 1921
    470 feet
  2. The Family Sculpture by Chaim Gross, 1992
    670 feet
  3. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Notre Dame School
    1,070 feet
  2. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. International Language Center Trade or language school
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abingdon Square
    370 feet
  2. Jane Street Garden
    370 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    670 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    690 feet
  3. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    700 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    950 feet
  2. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. New York Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church Landmark
    610 feet
  2. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    940 feet
  3. St John Episcopal Church Landmark
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,140 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 99 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 12th 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.