IFC Center is an art house movie theater in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City.
IFC has converted the historic building, originally built as a church in the early 19th century, into a three-, and eventually five-theater facility.
The complex originally included digital editing suites, a meeting area, and a restaurant called The Waverly, in recognition of the site's past, but those spaces have since been converted.
The opening was not without controversy; for the first several weeks, patrons were welcomed to the theater by a picket line and a giant inflatable rat.
The Waverly Theatre is referenced numerous times in the 1968 Broadway musical Hair, including the song "Frank Mills" sung by the character Crissy at the end of Act One.