West 10th Street & Waverly Place

West 10th Street and Waverly Place meet at a four-way crossing in the West Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Switzer Institute and Home stands 170 feet away, and Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Christopher St-Stonewall, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 183 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Christopher St-Stonewall
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
W 10 St/Waverly Pl · M8
Within a walk
28 places
6 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 10th Street & Waverly Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Christopher St-Stonewall, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Christopher St-Stonewall 1
    620 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    680 feet
    A B C D E F M
  2. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    1,150 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Greenwich Village Murals” (1994) by Lee Brozgol at the Christopher St-Stonewall station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 10 St/Waverly Pl, 100 feet away, for the M8.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 10 St/Waverly Pl M8
    100 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 10th Street.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 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
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.8 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,600 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 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 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
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 10th Street

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of West 10th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101029.

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, 535 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1839 and 1892.

  1. Switzer Institute and Home Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. The Northern Dispensary Designated landmark
    290 feet
  3. The Fellows (Company) Building Designated landmark
    330 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
    370 feet
  2. Gay Liberation Statues by George Segal, 1992
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Perry Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Academy of St Joseph School
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarthy Square
    260 feet
  2. Christopher Park
    410 feet
  3. Jefferson Market Garden
    450 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
    730 feet
  2. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    910 feet
  3. Washington Square Park
    1,250 feet
  4. West 4th Street Courts Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Ruth Wittenberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    720 feet

Health care

  1. Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Julius' Bar Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Greenwich Village Historic District Listed historic place
    120 feet
  3. Stonewall Listed historic place
    380 feet
Show all 7
  1. Stonewall National Monument Historic site
    420 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    890 feet
  4. Lorraine Hansberry Residence Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Darech Amuno Congregation House of worship
    650 feet
  2. St John Episcopal Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. St Josephs Church Greenwich Village House of worship
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Manhattan Seven Day Adventist Church House of worship
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 18 Fire station · landmark
    340 feet
  2. 6th Precinct Police station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    670 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 183 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Waverly Place or West 10th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.