Beaver Street & Hanover Street

Beaver Street and Hanover Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Beaver Building, one of 16 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 180 feet away, and Bowling Green is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 70 public places, 14 of them listed historic places, and 152 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
490 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Water St/Wall St · M15, SIM5, SIM35
Within a walk
70 places
22 public spaces, 14 listed historic places and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beaver Street & Hanover Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    490 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Broad St J, Z
    710 feet
    J Z
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    1,300 feet
    4 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Wall” (1990) by Harry Roseman at the Wall St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Water St/Wall St, 620 feet away, for the M15, SIM5 and SIM35.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Wall St M15, SIM5, SIM35 · Shelter
    620 feet
    M15 SIM5 SIM35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10005
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,600 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 1926 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beaver Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Beaver Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hanover Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hanover Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100250.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 16 Individual Landmarks, and 34 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1907.

  1. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. First National City Bank Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    320 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Coenties Slip.

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 public places.

  • 22 public spaces
  • 14 listed historic places
  • 10 schools
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sfinity Trade or language school
    430 feet
  2. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    700 feet
  3. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    730 feet
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  1. Millennium High School
    800 feet
  2. Pine Street School
    840 feet
  3. Quad Preparatory School
    860 feet
  4. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  5. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  6. The King's College
    1,060 feet
  7. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  8. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  9. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    1,100 feet
  10. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,140 feet
  11. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  12. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  13. Nysarc, Inc-Nyc Chapter School
    1,250 feet
  14. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  15. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,260 feet
  16. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,260 feet
  17. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    180 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    470 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    1,040 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    260 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet
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  1. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    380 feet
  2. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    390 feet
  3. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    590 feet
  4. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    610 feet
  5. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    760 feet
  6. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    790 feet
  7. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    860 feet
  8. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    890 feet
  9. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    940 feet
  10. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    980 feet
  11. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    980 feet
  12. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    1,010 feet
  13. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,030 feet
  14. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,060 feet
  15. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,070 feet
  16. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    1,120 feet
  17. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    1,190 feet
  18. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    1,230 feet
  19. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    1,230 feet
  20. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,250 feet
  21. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    530 feet
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  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    720 feet
  4. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    830 feet
  5. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    830 feet
  6. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    830 feet
  7. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    840 feet
  8. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
  9. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    940 feet
  10. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  11. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  12. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  13. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    620 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 152 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 28 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beaver Street or Hanover Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.