Broadway & Thames Street

Broadway and Thames Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. United States Realty Building, one of 23 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 62 public places, 18 of them listed historic places, and 145 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Broadway.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
110 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Broadway/Thames St · M55
Within a walk
62 places
18 listed historic places, 14 public spaces and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Thames Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 110 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 4, 5
    110 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
    330 feet
    J Z
  2. Wall St 2, 3
    490 feet
    2 3

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/Thames St, 20 feet away, for the M55.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Thames St M55
    20 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Liberty St & Broadway 67 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.8 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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. Nobody was hurt.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American holly.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 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 Thames Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Thames Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 23 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical, and built between 1799 and 1968.

  1. Equitable Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. United States Realty Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. American Surety Company Building Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 18 listed historic places
  • 14 public spaces
  • 10 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Compass Charter School
    240 feet
  2. High School of Economics and Finance School
    450 feet
  3. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    490 feet
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  1. A School Without Walls School
    460 feet
  2. Leadership and Public Service High School
    460 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  4. Quad Preparatory School
    780 feet
  5. Pine Street School
    780 feet
  6. The King's College
    940 feet
  7. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,060 feet
  8. P.S. 150 School
    1,080 feet
  9. School for Young Performers School
    1,090 feet
  10. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,220 feet
  11. Lang School
    1,250 feet
  12. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liberty Park
    1,220 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 140 Broadway Landmark
    380 feet
  2. Public space at One Liberty Plaza Public space
    560 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet
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  1. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    610 feet
  2. Public space at Two Federal Reserve Plaza Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    940 feet
  5. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    970 feet
  6. Public space at One Bankers Trust Plaza Public space
    990 feet
  7. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    1,100 feet
  8. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,160 feet
  9. Public space at Millenium Hilton Hotel Public space
    1,220 feet
  10. Public space at 59 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,220 feet
  11. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    1,240 feet
  12. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Red Cube Public artwork
    210 feet
  2. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    420 feet
  3. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    650 feet
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  1. Trinity and United States Realty Company Buildings Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    430 feet
  3. Trinity Church and Graveyard Listed historic place
    450 feet
  4. Chamber of Commerce Building Listed historic place
    550 feet
  5. Liberty Tower Listed historic place
    640 feet
  6. Empire Building Listed historic place
    650 feet
  7. American Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    670 feet
  8. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    780 feet
  9. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    870 feet
  10. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Listed historic place
    900 feet
  11. Corbin Building Listed historic place
    900 feet
  12. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    920 feet
  13. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    950 feet
  14. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  15. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  16. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,160 feet
  17. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  18. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,270 feet
  19. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  20. West Street Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  21. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Church Landmark
    320 feet
  2. Greek St Nicholas Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    960 feet
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  1. John St Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Chapel Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    90 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 145 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Thames 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.