Mercer Street & Waverly Place

Mercer Street and Waverly Place meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the NoHo Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) stands 370 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 23 public places, five of them colleges, and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
290 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Broadway/Waverly Pl · SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C, X27 +1
Within a walk
23 places
5 colleges, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mercer Street & Waverly Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 290 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
    290 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
    920 feet
    6
  2. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.4 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, 290 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
    290 feet
    SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Pl & Broadway 27 docks in all
    470 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, 1.5 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 January 2025.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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 1925 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Mercer Street

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

North side of Waverly Place

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101391, 105058 and 105339.

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 100 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. The Andre and Bella Meyer Physics Hall Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. The Sinclair Building Designated landmark
    530 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Washington Square Park.

  1. Giuseppe Garibaldi Statue by Giovanni Turini, 1888
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 5 colleges
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 theaters or concert halls
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    80 feet
  2. Harvey Milk High School
    430 feet
  3. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College · landmark
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    650 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,170 feet
  4. New York University College
    1,260 feet
  5. Liu-New York University Campus College
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    540 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    820 feet
  3. Mercer Playground
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Toddler Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    440 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    1,260 feet
  3. New York University Libraries Research library
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cooper Union Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    570 feet
  2. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    640 feet
  3. Public Theater Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 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 Mercer 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.