Front Street & Old Slip

Front Street and Old Slip 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. First Precinct Police Station, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 130 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 37 public places, eight of them listed historic places, and 94 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Water St/Old Slip · M15, SIM5
Within a walk
37 places
17 public spaces, 8 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Old Slip Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 1,200 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
    1,200 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
    0.3 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/Old Slip, 230 feet away, for the M15 and SIM5.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Old Slip M15, SIM5
    230 feet
    M15 SIM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Old Slip.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Slip & South St 93 docks in all
    220 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
    2.7 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 July 2024.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 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 1969.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Front Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM

West side of Front Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Old Slip

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORPORATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100493.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 34 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were built between 1827 and 1983.

  1. First Precinct Police Station Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    530 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at East River Greenway.

  1. Community Island Pond Installation by Carl Cheng, 2001
    550 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    590 feet
  3. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 17 public spaces
  • 8 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    550 feet
  2. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  3. Millennium High School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Slip Park
    150 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    240 feet
  3. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    510 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    750 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    240 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    830 feet
Show all 18
  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    400 feet
  2. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    400 feet
  3. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    470 feet
  4. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    510 feet
  5. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    680 feet
  6. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    690 feet
  7. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    750 feet
  8. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    760 feet
  9. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    970 feet
  10. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    1,060 feet
  11. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    1,060 feet
  12. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,090 feet
  13. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    1,190 feet
  14. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,230 feet
  15. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
Show all 9
  1. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  4. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  5. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  6. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    420 feet

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 94 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Front Street or Old Slip.

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