Greene Street & Waverly Place

Greene Street and Waverly Place meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about two minutes on foot, and 16 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them colleges, and 71 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
540 feet · 2 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Broadway/Waverly Pl · SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C, X27 +1
Within a walk
25 places
5 colleges, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Street & Waverly Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    540 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
    1,170 feet
    6
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E 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, 530 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
    530 feet
    SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 123 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Pl & Greene St 46 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.5 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 November 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 1926 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Greene Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Greene Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Waverly Place

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106006.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 104 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1897.

  1. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. The Andre and Bella Meyer Physics Hall Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    670 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Giuseppe Garibaldi Statue by Giovanni Turini, 1888
    570 feet
  2. George Washington Accompanied by Fame and Valor Statue by Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1916
    690 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 5 colleges
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    280 feet
  2. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    400 feet
  3. Harvey Milk High School
    680 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College · landmark
    810 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    920 feet
  4. New York University College
    1,010 feet
  5. Liu-New York University Campus College
    1,020 feet
  6. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    290 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    570 feet
  3. Toddler Playground
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mercer Playground
    1,080 feet
  2. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    530 feet
  2. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    690 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,010 feet
  2. New York University Libraries Research library
    1,020 feet
  3. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    450 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and eight 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 Greene Street or Waverly Place.

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.