Waverly Place & Bank Street

Waverly Place and Bank Street meet at a three-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Loew's Sheridan Theater stands 240 feet away, and Bleecker Playground is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 106 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
7 Av/W 12 St · M20
Within a walk
25 places
5 religious buildings, 4 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waverly Place & Bank Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    700 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
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  2. 2 …
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  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  4. F …
  5. M …
West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    1,260 feet
    A C E L
  2. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wild Things” (2024) by Fred Tomaselli at the 14 St/6 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/W 12 St, 690 feet away, for the M20.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/W 12 St M20
    690 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Perry St & Greenwich Ave 53 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    0.9 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 2026.

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
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 126 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Bank Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

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 are two Individual Landmarks, and 514 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1844 and 1887.

  1. Loew's Sheridan Theater Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. National Headquarters of the National Maritime Union of America Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. The Food and Maritime Trades Vocational High School Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in St. Vincent's Triangle.

  1. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International Language Center Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,170 feet
  3. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  2. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  3. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  4. City & Country School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    230 feet
  2. McCarthy Square
    650 feet
  3. Jackson Square
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bleecker Playground
    940 feet
  2. Jane Street Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Abingdon Square
    1,070 feet
  4. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Episcopal Church Landmark
    330 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church Landmark
    360 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,320 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 106 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bank 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.