Broadway & Waverly Place

Broadway and Waverly Place meet at a three-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the NoHo Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Astor Pl Theatre is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 89 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
70 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Broadway/Waverly Pl · SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C, X27 +1
Within a walk
33 places
9 listed historic places, 4 colleges and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Waverly Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    70 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Astor Pl 6
    650 feet
    6
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.3 miles
    6 B D F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Broadway Diary” (2002) by Timothy Snell at the 8 St-NYU station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Waverly Pl, 30 feet away, for the SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C, X27 and X28.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Waverly Pl SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C, X27 +1
    30 feet
    SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM1C …
  2. SIM3C …
  3. SIM4C …
  4. X27 …
  5. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

  • 154 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Pl & Broadway 27 docks in all
    310 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 10pm on Broadway (east side).

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

North side of Waverly Place

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Waverly Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101391, 101392, 105058 and 106298.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the NoHo Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 84 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1800 and 1993.

  1. The Andre and Bella Meyer Physics Hall Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. The Sinclair Building Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Carl Fischer Music Publisher Designated landmark
    570 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Astor Place.

  1. Alamo Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1967
    630 feet
  2. Peter Cooper Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1897
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 4 colleges
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harvey Milk High School
    170 feet
  2. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    340 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College · landmark
    560 feet
  2. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    920 feet
  3. St. John's University Manhattan College
    1,090 feet
  4. Grace Church High School
    1,200 feet
  5. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    810 feet
  2. Mercer Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Washington Square Park Playground
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cooper Triangle
    1,090 feet
  2. Manuel Plaza Park
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    270 feet
  2. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    370 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building) Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Cooper Union Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
Show all 10
  1. Lagrange Terrace Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Devinne Press Building Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  4. Merchant's House Museum
    1,140 feet
  5. Old Merchant's House (Seabury-Tredwell House) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  6. House at 37 East 4th St. Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  7. Robbins & Appleton Building Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    310 feet
  2. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 89 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Waverly Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.