Broad Street & South William Street

Broad Street and South William Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fraunces Tavern Museum is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 62 public places, 15 of them listed historic places, and 152 places to eat. About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Water St/Broad St · QM65
Within a walk
62 places
17 public spaces, 15 listed historic places and 16 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broad Street & South William Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    500 feet
    1 R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Broad St J, Z
    650 feet
    J Z
  2. Bowling Green 4, 5
    790 feet
    4 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passages” (2000) by Frank Giorgini and “See it split, see it change” (2009) by Doug & Michael Starn at the Whitehall St-South Ferry station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Water St/Broad St, 490 feet away, for the QM65.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Broad St QM65
    490 feet
    QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broad Street and South William Street.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broad St & Bridge St 49 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.6 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10004
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 330 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broad Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • For-hire vehicles only 2 signs FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of South William Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of South William Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYS OPWDD MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 42 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. American Bank Note Company Office Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Block Hall Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Coenties Slip.

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    400 feet
  2. Bowling Green Fountain Fountain, 1992
    710 feet
  3. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 public places.

  • 17 public spaces
  • 15 listed historic places
  • 7 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Millennium High School
    250 feet
  2. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    640 feet
  3. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    650 feet
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  1. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    790 feet
  3. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    790 feet
  4. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    790 feet
  5. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    790 feet
  6. Sfinity Trade or language school
    850 feet
  7. Lang School
    1,030 feet
  8. The King's College
    1,080 feet
  9. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,090 feet
  10. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    680 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    750 feet
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  1. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    930 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    940 feet
  3. Old Slip Park
    1,010 feet
  4. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,160 feet
  5. Battery Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    440 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    610 feet
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  1. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    700 feet
  2. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    710 feet
  3. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    780 feet
  4. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    920 feet
  5. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    930 feet
  6. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    950 feet
  7. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    970 feet
  8. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    990 feet
  9. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    1,040 feet
  10. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,080 feet
  11. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,160 feet
  12. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    1,220 feet
  13. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,230 feet
  14. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,240 feet
  15. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    860 feet
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  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    640 feet
  4. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    660 feet
  5. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    820 feet
  6. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  7. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    950 feet
  8. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  9. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  10. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,010 feet
  11. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  12. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  13. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  14. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  15. Battery Park Control House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  16. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  17. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    250 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 25 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broad Street or South William 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, 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.