Waverly Place & Gay Street

Waverly Place and Gay 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, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Rectory of St. Joseph's Church stands 90 feet away, and Waverly Building stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, W 4 St-Wash Sq, is about a minute on foot, for the A, B, C and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 209 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 4 St-Wash Sq
160 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D, E, F, M
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
6 Av/Waverly Pl · M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C +6
Within a walk
34 places
6 listed historic places, 6 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waverly Place & Gay Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 4 St-Wash Sq, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
  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
    650 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 6 Av/Waverly Pl, 280 feet away, for the M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and six more.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/Waverly Pl M55, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C +6 · Shelter
    280 feet
    M55 SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C SIM7 SIM9 SIM33 SIM33C X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. SIM1C …
  3. SIM3C …
  4. SIM4C …
  5. SIM7 …
  6. SIM9 …
  7. SIM33 …
  8. SIM33C …
  9. X27 …
  10. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 91 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 & 6 Ave 76 docks in all
    530 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
    0.5 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 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 April 2025.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 1890 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Gay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Gay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Waverly Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102637.

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, 489 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1896.

  1. The Rectory of St. Joseph's Church Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. Waverly Building Designated landmark
    110 feet
  3. The Fellows (Company) Building Designated landmark
    160 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
    410 feet
  2. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of St Joseph School
    180 feet
  2. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Christopher Park
    350 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Garden
    540 feet
  3. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    670 feet
Show all 11
  1. Washington Square Park
    730 feet
  2. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    770 feet
  3. McCarthy Square
    780 feet
  4. Minetta Playground
    1,040 feet
  5. Toddler Playground
    1,080 feet
  6. Play Hills Playground
    1,210 feet
  7. Minetta Green
    1,230 feet
  8. Father Demo Square
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    270 feet
  2. Stonewall Listed historic place
    320 feet
  3. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    370 feet
Show all 8
  1. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    860 feet
  4. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  5. Caffe Cino Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Provincetown Playhouse Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village Landmark
    230 feet
  2. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    370 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 209 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gay 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.