Waverly Place & Christopher Street

Waverly Place and Christopher Street meet at a five-way junction in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Northern Dispensary stands 60 feet away, and the Fellows (Company) Building stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about two minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 203 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
440 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Christopher St/Waverly Pl · M8
Within a walk
28 places
7 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waverly Place & Christopher Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
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  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
    470 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 Christopher St/Waverly Pl, 280 feet away, for the M8.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St/Waverly Pl M8
    280 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Christopher Street.

  • 85 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. W 4 St & 7 Ave S 60 docks in all
    600 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, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, July 2018

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,100 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 1885 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Christopher Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Christopher Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grove Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grove Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Waverly Place

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

West side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106573.

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, 528 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1893.

  1. The Northern Dispensary Designated landmark
    60 feet
  2. Switzer Institute and Home Designated landmark
    90 feet
  3. The Fellows (Company) Building Designated landmark
    110 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
    260 feet
  2. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    460 feet
  2. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Christopher Park
    170 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Garden
    490 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. McCarthy Square
    500 feet
  2. Washington Square Park
    1,010 feet
  3. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,050 feet
  4. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stonewall Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    180 feet
  3. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    310 feet
Show all 8
  1. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    800 feet
  4. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    940 feet
  5. Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    480 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Neighborhood Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station · landmark
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 203 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 Christopher Street, Grove Street 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.