West Street & Gansevoort Street

West Street and Gansevoort Street meet at a three-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The High Line is 940 feet away, and the Marine 1 firehouse is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 11 Av/W 15 St, is 0.3 miles away for the M12 and M14D SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Lincoln Tunnel
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
11 Av/W 15 St · M12, M14D SBS
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Gansevoort Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 11 Av/W 15 St, 0.3 miles away, for the M12 and M14D SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 11 Av/W 15 St M12, M14D SBS
    0.3 miles
    M12 M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …
  2. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Gansevoort Street.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington St & Gansevoort St 51 docks in all
    1,000 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 400 West 12th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gansevoort Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 8AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS

South side of Gansevoort Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 63 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1909.

  1. F. W. Devoe & Co. Factory Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute Designated landmark
    430 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 museum
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 public space

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    70 feet
  2. The High Line Park
    940 feet
  3. Little Island Park
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 99 Jane Street Public space
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Museum
    230 feet
  2. Bell Telephone Laboratories Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  3. Westbeth Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 155 Bank Street Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Marine 1 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gansevoort Street or West Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.