Front Street & Peck Slip

Front Street and Peck Slip meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Street Seaport Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Peck Slip is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about seven minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 31 places to eat.

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Front Street & Peck Slip Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
6 lines
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  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. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Wall St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

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/Peck Slip, 510 feet away, for the QM7, QM8, QM11 and QM25.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pearl St/Peck Slip QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25
    510 feet
    QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM7 …
  2. QM8 …
  3. QM11 …
  4. QM25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 690 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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 of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 in 1971.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Front Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Front Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Peck Slip

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of Peck Slip

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 123 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. Meyer's Hotel Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Volunteer Hospital Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. Fulton Fish Market (Tin Building) Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peck Slip Park
    50 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    200 feet
  3. FishBridge Park Garden
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    630 feet
  2. Pearl St Playground
    800 feet
  3. Imagination Playground
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pier 17 Public space
    660 feet
  2. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    1,200 feet
  3. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    830 feet
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  1. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. W.O. Decker (Tugboat) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  3. Helen McAllister, Harbor Tugboat Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.