Beekman Street & Theater Alley

Beekman Street and Theater Alley meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Temple Court Building Annex, one of 15 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Park Row/Beekman St · QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25 +1
Within a walk
51 places
12 listed historic places, 7 public spaces and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beekman Street & Theater Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    640 feet
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    640 feet
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    770 feet
    2 3 A C E R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Row/Beekman St, 130 feet away, for the QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25 and QM65.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Row/Beekman St QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25 +1
    130 feet
    QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25 QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM7 …
  2. QM8 …
  3. QM11 …
  4. QM25 …
  5. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Spruce St & Nassau St 34 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1,270 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 25 Park Row Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    780 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on Beekman Street (north side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100109.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 15 Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were built between 1764 and 1930.

  1. Temple Court Building Annex Designated landmark
    80 feet
  2. Potter Building Designated landmark
    90 feet
  3. Temple Court Building and Annex Designated landmark
    120 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in City Hall Park.

  1. City Hall Park Fountain Fountain, 1871
    260 feet
  2. Nathan Hale Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1893
    330 feet
  3. Horace Greeley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1916
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 public places.

  • 12 listed historic places
  • 7 public spaces
  • 6 schools
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    110 feet
  2. Tribeca Preparatory School
    320 feet
  3. Spruce Street School
    480 feet
Show all 17
  1. Barclay Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Cope Inst Trade or language school
    630 feet
  3. On the Record School of Reporting Trade or language school
    630 feet
  4. Hawthorne Country Day School
    700 feet
  5. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    710 feet
  6. Pace University - NYC Campus College
    740 feet
  7. Olivet Academy NYC School
    750 feet
  8. School for Young Performers School
    760 feet
  9. Olivet Academy School
    850 feet
  10. Dun & Bradstreet-Bus Educ Division Trade or language school
    990 feet
  11. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  12. Vivvi 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  13. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  14. District 2 Pre-K Center at 52 Chambers Street Pre-K center
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Hall Park
    160 feet
  2. DeLury Square
    1,020 feet
  3. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 33 Beekman Street Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at New York by Gehry Public space
    480 feet
  3. Public space at 30 Park Place Public space
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at 130 William Street Public space
    1,070 feet
  2. Public space at Two Federal Reserve Plaza Public space
    1,150 feet
  3. Public space at Millenium Hilton Hotel Public space
    1,160 feet
  4. Public space at 59 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    270 feet
  2. Park Row Building Listed historic place
    390 feet
  3. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    640 feet
Show all 14
  1. Woolworth Building Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Fulton-Nassau Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. City Hall Listed historic place
    730 feet
  4. New York County Lawyers Association Building Listed historic place
    850 feet
  5. Old New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  6. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  7. Corbin Building Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  8. Municipal Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  9. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  10. Tweed Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  11. New Amsterdam Library
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Wall St Synagogue House of worship
    650 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Chapel Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. St Peters RC Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. John St Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Church Street Post Office Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Surrogates Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Lower Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Workforce1 Healthcare Career Center Career or business center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 6 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    760 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    620 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    800 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 119 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beekman Street or Theater Alley.

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.