This works deals with the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations, written in the stream function-vorticity form, by the finite difference method and acceleration techniques using multiple meshes. Although other solution schemes have been investigated, best results were obtained by treating the problem in a non-coupled form: the solution for the vorticity equation was obtained by the multigrid method and the solution of the streamfunction equation, which is purely elliptic, was solved by the S.O.R. (Successive over relaxation method). The computer code was applied to several problems, including the wall driven problem considering a wide range of Reynolds numbers, which is a typical benchmark problem for testing fluid-dynamic simulations. The classical method (storage of the correction) and the methos FAS (Full Approximation Storage) have been tested. The results obtained clearly show that a very efficient computational scheme has been achieved with the multigrid method. For example, when comparing this method with the basic S.O.R. method, relative gains in the order of 80 per cent have been obtained. This indicates that the present technique has potential use in more complicated fluid dynamics problems including those involving generalized coordinates.