South Street & Beekman Street

South Street and Beekman Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Street Seaport Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Waterfront Esplanade is under 10 feet away, and Fulton Fish Market (Tin Building) stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and five more. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Pearl St/Beekman St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
24 places
9 listed historic places, 5 public spaces and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Street & Beekman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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
    0.3 miles
    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. Wall St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    0.5 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 Pearl St/Beekman St, 690 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pearl St/Beekman St M15 SBS
    690 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 790 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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

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
3 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 between 1973 and 1981.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beekman Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Beekman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of South Street

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

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. Fulton Fish Market (Tin Building) Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Fulton Market Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Meyer's Hotel Designated landmark
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    540 feet
  2. The Peck Slip School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    under 10 feet
  2. Peck Slip Park
    380 feet
  3. Imagination Playground
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Pearl St Playground
    630 feet
  2. FishBridge Park Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pier 17 Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    1,030 feet
  3. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,140 feet
  2. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. W.O. Decker (Tugboat) Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. Helen McAllister, Harbor Tugboat Listed historic place
    700 feet
  4. Ambrose (Lightship) Listed historic place
    840 feet
  5. Wavertree Listed historic place
    990 feet
  6. Lettie G. Howard (Schooner) Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  7. John A. Lynch (Ferryboat) Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    870 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beekman Street or South Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.