Broadway & Rector Street

Broadway and Rector Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 1 Wall Street Building, stands 90 feet away, and the Battery is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 69 public places, 18 of them listed historic places, and 104 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Broadway/Rector St · M55
Within a walk
69 places
18 listed historic places, 13 public spaces and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Rector Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 50 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
    50 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. Rector St R, W
    310 feet
    R W
  2. Rector St 1
    510 feet
    1

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/Rector St, 40 feet away, for the M55.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Rector St M55
    40 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich St & Rector St 59 docks in all
    650 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
    2.7 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    830 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,200 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 Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Broadway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Rector Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rector Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

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 1917.

  1. 1 Wall Street Building Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. Empire Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. American Express Company Building Designated landmark
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    430 feet
  2. The King's College
    450 feet
  3. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    560 feet
Show all 26
  1. P.S. 150 School
    590 feet
  2. Compass Charter School
    590 feet
  3. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    730 feet
  4. Lang School
    760 feet
  5. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  6. A School Without Walls School
    840 feet
  7. Leadership and Public Service High School
    840 feet
  8. Pine Street School
    860 feet
  9. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    880 feet
  10. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    900 feet
  11. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    900 feet
  12. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    900 feet
  13. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    920 feet
  14. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    920 feet
  15. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    920 feet
  16. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    920 feet
  17. High School of Economics and Finance School
    940 feet
  18. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    970 feet
  19. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    970 feet
  20. Relay School of Education College
    970 feet
  21. Quad Preparatory School
    1,020 feet
  22. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  23. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    120 feet
  2. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    450 feet
  3. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    490 feet
Show all 13
  1. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    610 feet
  2. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    750 feet
  3. Public space at 140 Broadway Public space
    880 feet
  4. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    880 feet
  5. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    900 feet
  6. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    1,050 feet
  7. Public space at One Liberty Plaza Public space
    1,050 feet
  8. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    1,070 feet
  9. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    1,190 feet
  10. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    680 feet
  3. Red Cube Public artwork
    690 feet
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  1. Trinity Church and Graveyard Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    630 feet
  4. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    640 feet
  5. Equitable Building Listed historic place
    640 feet
  6. Trinity and United States Realty Company Buildings Listed historic place
    670 feet
  7. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    700 feet
  8. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    720 feet
  9. American Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    770 feet
  10. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    800 feet
  11. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    860 feet
  12. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    910 feet
  13. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    960 feet
  14. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    970 feet
  15. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  16. Chamber of Commerce Building Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  17. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  18. Liberty Tower Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  19. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  20. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  21. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Church Landmark
    270 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    620 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 104 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 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Rector 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.