Waverly Place & Perry Street

Waverly Place and Perry Street meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church is 320 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 28 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 138 places to eat. About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
7 Av South/Waverly Pl · M20
Within a walk
28 places
7 religious buildings, 4 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waverly Place & Perry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 720 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
    720 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  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. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    900 feet
    1
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    1,160 feet
    A B C D E F M

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 South/Waverly Pl, 250 feet away, for the M20.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av South/Waverly Pl M20
    250 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2017.

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Perry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Perry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 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, 557 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1844 and 1887.

  1. St. Vincent's Hospital Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. St. Vincent's Hospital: Outpatient Pavilion Designated landmark
    520 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in St. Vincent's Triangle.

  1. New York City AIDS Memorial Sculpture by Jenny Holzer, 2016
    610 feet
  2. General Philip Henry Sheridan Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1936
    780 feet
  3. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    810 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
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,100 feet
  3. Academy of St Joseph School
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  2. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  3. City & Country School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarthy Square
    160 feet
  2. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    480 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Garden
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. Christopher Park
    880 feet
  2. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Bleecker Playground
    1,170 feet
  4. Jackson Square
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. Stonewall Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    900 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Episcopal Church Landmark
    170 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church Landmark
    320 feet
  3. Darech Amuno Congregation Landmark
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 138 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Perry 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.