Broadway & Exchange Place

Broadway and Exchange Place meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner is also named Exchange Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. American Express Company Building, one of 21 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about a minute on foot, for the 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 69 public places and 100 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
240 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Broadway/Exchange Alley · SIM2, SIM32, SIM34
Within a walk
69 places
20 listed historic places, 14 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Exchange Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 4, 5
    240 feet
    4 5

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Broad St J, Z
    450 feet
    J Z
  2. Rector St R, W
    460 feet
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Lariat Tapers” (2011) by James Garvey at the Wall St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Exchange Alley, 90 feet away, for the SIM2, SIM32 and SIM34.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Exchange Alley SIM2, SIM32, SIM34
    90 feet
    SIM2 SIM32 SIM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM2 …
  2. SIM32 …
  3. SIM34 …

Live arrivals

Broadway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Morris St 69 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    540 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10006
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Exchange Plaza, a co-naming enacted on December 14, 1983 (Local Law 65 of 1983).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, a kousa dogwood.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Exchange Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 116143.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 21 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1884 and 1915.

  1. American Express Company Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Empire Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. 1 Wall Street Building Designated landmark
    330 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Bowling Green.

  1. Bowling Green Fountain Fountain, 1992
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 public places.

  • 20 listed historic places
  • 14 schools
  • 11 public spaces
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 4 colleges
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The King's College
    160 feet
  2. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    270 feet
  3. P.S. 150 School
    380 feet
Show all 27
  1. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    440 feet
  2. Lang School
    470 feet
  3. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    580 feet
  4. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    630 feet
  5. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    630 feet
  6. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    630 feet
  7. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    630 feet
  8. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    670 feet
  9. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    680 feet
  10. Relay School of Education College
    680 feet
  11. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    720 feet
  12. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    750 feet
  13. Sfinity Trade or language school
    780 feet
  14. Compass Charter School
    890 feet
  15. A School Without Walls School
    1,070 feet
  16. Leadership and Public Service High School
    1,070 feet
  17. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  18. Millennium High School
    1,090 feet
  19. Pine Street School
    1,120 feet
  20. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    1,130 feet
  21. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  22. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  23. High School of Economics and Finance School
    1,170 feet
  24. Quad Preparatory School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    990 feet
  3. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    160 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    190 feet
  3. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    310 feet
Show all 11
  1. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    320 feet
  2. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    900 feet
  4. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    1,110 feet
  5. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    1,130 feet
  6. Public space at 140 Broadway Public space
    1,170 feet
  7. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    1,280 feet
  8. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    380 feet
  3. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    510 feet
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  1. Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. Trinity Church and Graveyard Listed historic place
    600 feet
  4. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    670 feet
  5. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    680 feet
  6. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    750 feet
  7. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    860 feet
  8. Equitable Building Listed historic place
    930 feet
  9. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    940 feet
  10. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    950 feet
  11. Trinity and United States Realty Company Buildings Listed historic place
    960 feet
  12. Red Cube Public artwork
    980 feet
  13. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    990 feet
  14. American Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  15. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  16. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  17. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  18. Battery Park Control House Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  19. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  20. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  21. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  22. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    1,200 feet
  23. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Church Landmark
    570 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    470 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 100 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway, Exchange Alley or Exchange Place.

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 Records, 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.