Avenue of the Americas & Waverly Place

Avenue of the Americas and Waverly Place meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Joseph's Washington Place School stands 240 feet away, and New York Studio School is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about a minute on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places and 206 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
80 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
6 Av/Waverly Pl · M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C +6
Within a walk
35 places
6 listed historic places, 5 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & Waverly Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    80 feet
    A B C D E F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  5. E …
  6. F …
  7. M …

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/Waverly Pl, 70 feet away, for the M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and six more.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Waverly Pl M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C +6 · Shelter
    70 feet
    M55 SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C SIM7 SIM9 SIM33 SIM33C X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. SIM1C …
  3. SIM3C …
  4. SIM4C …
  5. SIM7 …
  6. SIM9 …
  7. SIM33 …
  8. SIM33C …
  9. X27 …
  10. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas.

  • 87 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Pl & 6 Ave 76 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Village
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,500 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 1889 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (west side) and Waverly Place (north side).

North side of Waverly Place

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

South side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102637, 103514 and 105997.

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, 470 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1892.

  1. The Rectory of St. Joseph's Church Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. West Side Savings Bank Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. St. Joseph's Washington Place School Designated landmark
    240 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
    620 feet
  2. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 6 listed historic places
  • 5 parks
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    340 feet
  2. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,130 feet
  3. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    500 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    520 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    560 feet
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  1. Christopher Park
    560 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    720 feet
  3. Minetta Playground
    830 feet
  4. Toddler Playground
    870 feet
  5. McCarthy Square
    990 feet
  6. Play Hills Playground
    1,000 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,020 feet
  8. Father Demo Square
    1,040 feet
  9. Washington Square Park Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    440 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    480 feet
  3. Stonewall Listed historic place
    530 feet
Show all 8
  1. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
  4. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  5. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village Landmark
    180 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Our Lady of Pompeii Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    840 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    50 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    160 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 206 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or Waverly Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.