Nassau Street & Spruce Street

Nassau Street and Spruce Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York Times Building, one of 11 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about a minute on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
360 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Park Row/Spruce St · M22, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
Within a walk
46 places
11 listed historic places, 6 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nassau Street & Spruce Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    360 feet
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    750 feet
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    1,040 feet
    2 3 A C E R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Row/Spruce St, 110 feet away, for the M22, BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Row/Spruce St M22, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
    110 feet
    M22 BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …
  2. BM1 …
  3. BM2 …
  4. BM3 …
  5. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Spruce St & Nassau St 34 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1,160 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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 August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2020

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Spruce Street (north side).

East side of Nassau Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nassau Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS

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 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100110, 115984 and 116219.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 11 Individual Landmarks, and 15 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1802 and 1914.

  1. New York Times Building Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. American Tract Society Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  3. Morse Building Designated landmark
    170 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in City Hall Park.

  1. Nathan Hale Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1893
    290 feet
  2. City Hall Park Fountain Fountain, 1871
    400 feet
  3. Horace Greeley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1916
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 11 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 public spaces
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pace University - NYC Campus College
    380 feet
  2. Spruce Street School
    380 feet
  3. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    400 feet
Show all 16
  1. Tribeca Preparatory School
    580 feet
  2. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  4. Barclay Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  5. Cope Inst Trade or language school
    900 feet
  6. On the Record School of Reporting Trade or language school
    900 feet
  7. Hawthorne Country Day School
    970 feet
  8. District 2 Pre-K Center at 52 Chambers Street Pre-K center
    1,020 feet
  9. Olivet Academy NYC School
    1,030 feet
  10. School for Young Performers School
    1,040 feet
  11. Olivet Academy School
    1,120 feet
  12. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  13. Dun & Bradstreet-Bus Educ Division Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Hall Park
    180 feet
  2. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    760 feet
  3. DeLury Square
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at New York by Gehry Public space
    380 feet
  2. Public space at 33 Beekman Street Public space
    580 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 130 William Street Public space
    1,140 feet
  2. Public space at Two Federal Reserve Plaza Public space
    1,260 feet
  3. Public space at 30 Park Place Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    60 feet
  2. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    420 feet
  3. City Hall Listed historic place
    510 feet
Show all 13
  1. Park Row Building Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Fulton-Nassau Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    790 feet
  4. Woolworth Building Listed historic place
    930 feet
  5. Municipal Building Listed historic place
    950 feet
  6. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    980 feet
  7. Tweed Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  8. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  9. New York County Lawyers Association Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  10. Old New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Wall St Synagogue House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Chapel Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. St Peters RC Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. John St Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 6 Fire station
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    730 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,070 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 91 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 Nassau 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.