Church Street & Vesey Street

Church Street and Vesey Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Church Street Post Office is 180 feet away, and Old New York Evening Post Building stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, six of them schools, and 154 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Church St/Vesey St · M55
Within a walk
36 places
6 schools, 5 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Street & Vesey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    100 feet
    2 3 A C E R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. A …
  4. C …
  5. E …
  6. R …
  7. W …
Brooklyn
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. A …
  4. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    550 feet
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z
  2. WTC Cortlandt 1
    580 feet
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Trade, Treasure and Travel” (1997) by Margie Hughto and “Oculus” (1998) by Kristin Jones & Andrew Ginzel at the Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church St/Vesey St, 30 feet away, for the M55.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church St/Vesey St M55
    30 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Church Street 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 signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Church Street.

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Barclay St & Church St 37 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10007
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Church Street

  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Vesey Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYS OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTORS GENERAL MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY POSTAL INSPECTORS MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Vesey Street

  • Farmers market 4 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 TUESDAY 5:30AM-7PM OTHER TIMES NO STANDING

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1908.

  1. Old New York Evening Post Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. New York County Lawyers' Association Building Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. Saint Paul's Chapel and Graveyard Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 public spaces
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Olivet Academy School
    380 feet
  3. Dun & Bradstreet-Bus Educ Division Trade or language school
    410 feet
Show all 14
  1. Olivet Academy NYC School
    570 feet
  2. Barclay Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    670 feet
  3. School for Young Performers School
    670 feet
  4. Cope Inst Trade or language school
    720 feet
  5. On the Record School of Reporting Trade or language school
    720 feet
  6. International House New York Incorpo Trade or language school
    820 feet
  7. Tribeca Preparatory School
    920 feet
  8. Hawthorne Country Day School
    970 feet
  9. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  10. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  11. High School of Economics and Finance School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Silverstein Family Park
    680 feet
  2. City Hall Park
    820 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 30 Park Place Public space
    410 feet
  2. Public space at Millenium Hilton Hotel Public space
    450 feet
  3. Public space at 43 Park Place Public space
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at One Liberty Plaza Public space
    1,050 feet
  2. Public space at 101 Barclay Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woolworth Building Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    950 feet
  3. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,000 feet
Show all 10
  1. Park Row Building Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Corbin Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. New Amsterdam Library
    1,060 feet
  4. Fulton-Nassau Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  5. New York Telephone Company Building (Barclay-Vesey Building) Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  6. Archive of Contempory Music Research library
    1,220 feet
  7. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Perelman Performing Arts Center Theater or concert hall
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Chapel Listed historic place
    260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Church Street Post Office Listed historic place
    180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    460 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    760 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,210 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    80 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 154 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Street or Vesey 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.