Greenwich Street & Edgar Street

Greenwich Street and Edgar Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Empire Building, one of 16 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 400 feet away, and Greek St Nicholas Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Rector St, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 54 public places, 13 of them listed historic places, and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rector St
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Trinity Pl/Morris St · QM65
Within a walk
54 places
13 listed historic places, 11 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Street & Edgar Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rector St, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rector St 1
    200 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Rector St R, W
    400 feet
    R W
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    730 feet
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Trinity Pl/Morris St, 390 feet away, for the QM65.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Trinity Pl/Morris St QM65
    390 feet
    QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich St & Rector St 59 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.4 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,040 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10006
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the blue spruce.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Edgar Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Edgar Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Greenwich Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Greenwich Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Sixteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1871 and 1921.

  1. American Express Company Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Empire Building Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Saint George's Syrian Catholic Church Designated landmark
    460 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Bowling Green.

  1. Bowling Green Fountain Fountain, 1992
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 public places.

  • 13 listed historic places
  • 11 schools
  • 10 public spaces
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 4 colleges
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 150 School
    210 feet
  2. The King's College
    660 feet
  3. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    730 feet
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  1. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    710 feet
  2. Relay School of Education College
    710 feet
  3. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    730 feet
  4. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    730 feet
  5. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    770 feet
  6. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    870 feet
  7. Lang School
    900 feet
  8. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    930 feet
  9. A School Without Walls School
    1,010 feet
  10. Leadership and Public Service High School
    1,010 feet
  11. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  12. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,060 feet
  13. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,060 feet
  14. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,060 feet
  15. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  16. High School of Economics and Finance School
    1,100 feet
  17. Compass Charter School
    1,110 feet
  18. District 2 Pre-K Center at 2-26 Washington Street Pre-K center
    1,130 feet
  19. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,170 feet
  20. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  21. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    270 feet
  2. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    300 feet
  3. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    660 feet
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  1. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    720 feet
  2. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    730 feet
  3. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    820 feet
  4. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    890 feet
  5. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    910 feet
  6. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    960 feet
  7. Public space at One Bankers Trust Plaza Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    720 feet
  3. American Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    740 feet
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  1. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Trinity Church and Graveyard Listed historic place
    880 feet
  4. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    880 feet
  5. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    950 feet
  6. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    970 feet
  7. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  8. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  9. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  10. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  11. Trinity and United States Realty Company Buildings Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  12. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Greek St Nicholas Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    900 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    820 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgar Street or Greenwich Street.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.