Exchange Place & Hanover Street

Exchange Place and Hanover Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 61 public places, 14 of them listed historic places, and 153 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
410 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Water St/Wall St · M15, SIM5, SIM35
Within a walk
61 places
20 public spaces, 14 listed historic places and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Exchange Place & Hanover Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    410 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Broad St J, Z
    620 feet
    J Z
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    1,210 feet
    4 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Wall” (1990) by Harry Roseman at the Wall St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Water St/Wall St, 700 feet away, for the M15, SIM5 and SIM35.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Wall St M15, SIM5, SIM35 · Shelter
    700 feet
    M15 SIM5 SIM35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 69 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge at FDR Drive Entry Ramp, 0.6 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 March 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10005
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Exchange Place

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Exchange Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hanover Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100127 and 100128.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 17 Individual Landmarks, and 34 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1907.

  1. First National City Bank Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. Bank of New York & Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 public places.

  • 20 public spaces
  • 14 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sfinity Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    640 feet
  3. Pine Street School
    750 feet
Show all 15
  1. Quad Preparatory School
    780 feet
  2. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    780 feet
  3. Millennium High School
    890 feet
  4. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    940 feet
  5. The King's College
    970 feet
  6. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  7. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,050 feet
  8. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  9. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  10. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  11. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    1,160 feet
  12. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    270 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    550 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    310 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    990 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet
Show all 22
  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    350 feet
  2. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    470 feet
  3. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    670 feet
  4. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    690 feet
  5. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    850 feet
  6. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    870 feet
  7. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    900 feet
  8. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    940 feet
  9. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    970 feet
  10. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    970 feet
  11. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    1,020 feet
  12. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    1,040 feet
  13. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,070 feet
  14. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    1,100 feet
  15. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,120 feet
  16. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    1,140 feet
  17. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,160 feet
  18. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    1,250 feet
  19. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    90 feet
  2. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,040 feet
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  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  4. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    740 feet
  5. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    750 feet
  6. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  7. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    850 feet
  8. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    920 feet
  9. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    920 feet
  10. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    920 feet
  11. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  12. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  13. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,230 feet
  14. Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    560 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    710 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 153 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 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Exchange Place or Hanover Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.