Front Street & Gouverneur Lane

Front Street and Gouverneur Lane meet at a four-way crossing 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. The Engine 4/Ladder 15 firehouse is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about five minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, eight of them listed historic places, and 85 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Water St/Gouverneur LN · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
36 places
16 public spaces, 8 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Gouverneur Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    1,180 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
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    0.4 miles
    1 R W

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/Gouverneur LN, 230 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Gouverneur LN M15, M15 SBS
    230 feet
    M15 M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Water St & Gouverneur Ln 37 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.8 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 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 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 December 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 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 1929 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Front Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Front Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Gouverneur Lane

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Gouverneur Lane

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100493 and 100679.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 23 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1900.

  1. First Precinct Police Station Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at East River Greenway.

  1. Community Island Pond Installation by Carl Cheng, 2001
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 16 public spaces
  • 8 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 fire station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    300 feet
  2. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    250 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    310 feet
  3. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    990 feet
  2. Imagination Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    220 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet
Show all 17
  1. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    250 feet
  2. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    260 feet
  3. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    440 feet
  4. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    460 feet
  5. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    500 feet
  6. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    510 feet
  7. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    720 feet
  8. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    720 feet
  9. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    840 feet
  10. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    920 feet
  11. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,070 feet
  12. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    1,120 feet
  13. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    1,300 feet
  14. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
Show all 9
  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  4. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  5. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  6. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    430 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    170 feet

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    420 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 85 places to eat and four 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 Front Street or Gouverneur Lane.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.