Front Street & Beekman Street

Front Street and Beekman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Street Seaport Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Fulton Market stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about six minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Pearl St/Beekman St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
29 places
9 listed historic places, 8 public spaces and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Beekman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
6 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. A …
  6. C …
Brooklyn
6 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. A …
  4. C …
  5. J …
  6. Z …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. J …
  4. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Wall St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    0.4 miles
    2 3 A C E R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists three works at the Fulton St station, among them “Astral Grating” (1987) by Nancy Holt and “Marine Grill Murals, c. 1913 for the McAlpin Hotel” (2000) by Frederick Dana Marsh.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pearl St/Beekman St, 470 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pearl St/Beekman St M15 SBS
    470 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Peck Slip & South St 45 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge at FDR Drive Entry Ramp, 1,120 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. 25 Park Row Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2020.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018
  • Enhanced crossing, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1971 and 1973.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beekman Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Beekman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Front Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Front Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 129 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1811 and 1853.

  1. Fulton Market Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Volunteer Hospital Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. Meyer's Hotel Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 8 public spaces
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    320 feet
  2. The Peck Slip School Landmark
    730 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    210 feet
  2. Peck Slip Park
    370 feet
  3. Pearl St Playground
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. Imagination Playground
    580 feet
  2. FishBridge Park Garden
    900 feet
  3. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    1,020 feet
  4. DeLury Square
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pier 17 Public space
    370 feet
  2. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    810 feet
  3. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    1,080 feet
  2. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    1,190 feet
  3. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,220 feet
  4. Public space at 15 Cliff Street Public space
    1,240 feet
  5. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    400 feet
  3. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    450 feet
Show all 10
  1. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. W.O. Decker (Tugboat) Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Helen McAllister, Harbor Tugboat Listed historic place
    920 feet
  4. Ambrose (Lightship) Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  5. Wavertree Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  6. Lettie G. Howard (Schooner) Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  7. John A. Lynch (Ferryboat) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    860 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Beekman Street or Front Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.