Gold Street & Spruce Street

Gold Street and Spruce Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital is 270 feet away, and Peck Slip Retail Post Office is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, seven of them schools, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Frankfort St/William St · M22
Within a walk
40 places
7 schools, 5 listed historic places and 16 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gold Street & Spruce Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 750 feet from this corner, about three 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
    750 feet
    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. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    870 feet
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    0.3 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 Frankfort St/William St, 630 feet away, for the M22.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frankfort St/William St M22
    630 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gold Street and Spruce Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gold St & Frankfort St 40 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 460 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2013
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,200 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 2007.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Gold Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Spruce Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Spruce Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 115984 and 116219.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1881 and 1889.

  1. American Tract Society Building Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. Morse Building Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. Excelsior Steam Power Company Building Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pace University - NYC Campus College
    460 feet
  2. Spruce Street School
    570 feet
  3. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    740 feet
Show all 13
  1. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  2. KinderCare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    1,100 feet
  4. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    1,100 feet
  5. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    1,100 feet
  6. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    1,100 feet
  7. Titus School
    1,110 feet
  8. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  9. Tribeca Preparatory School
    1,270 feet
  10. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DeLury Square
    410 feet
  2. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    490 feet
  3. City Hall Park
    890 feet
Show all 7
  1. FishBridge Park Garden
    1,090 feet
  2. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    1,110 feet
  3. Pearl St Playground
    1,110 feet
  4. James Madison Plaza
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at New York by Gehry Public space
    570 feet
  2. Public space at 33 Beekman Street Public space
    710 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 130 William Street Public space
    810 feet
  2. Public space at 15 Cliff Street Public space
    850 feet
  3. Public space at 100 William Street Public space
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital
    270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    760 feet
  2. Insurance Company of North America Building Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. City Hall Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  3. Fulton-Nassau Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Wall St Synagogue House of worship
    330 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    400 feet
  2. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Lower Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Workforce1 Healthcare Career Center Career or business center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 6 Fire station
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    820 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

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 70 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gold Street or Spruce Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.