South Street & Broad Street

South Street and Broad Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Vietnam Veterans Plaza is 370 feet away, and MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about two minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
South St/Whitehall St · M15
Within a walk
27 places
9 public spaces, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Street & Broad Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    530 feet
    1 R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Bowling Green 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5
  2. Broad St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passages” (2000) by Frank Giorgini and “See it split, see it change” (2009) by Doug & Michael Starn at the Whitehall St-South Ferry station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is South St/Whitehall St, 310 feet away, for the M15.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. South St/Whitehall St M15
    310 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. South St & Broad St 31 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 1,020 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.9 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10004
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1969.

Since 2014 at least 330 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2025 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broad Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Broad Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of South Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING BUSES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • For-hire vehicles only 3 signs FOR HIRE VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5PM-MIDNIGHT
  • For-hire vehicles only 3 signs FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100031 and 100034.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 18 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1828 and 1849.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Vietnam Veterans Plaza.

  1. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    500 feet
  2. Coast Guard Memorial Statue by Norman Millet Thomas, 1955
    510 feet
  3. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 ferry landings
  • 2 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    120 feet
  2. Urban Assembly New York Harbor School
    600 feet
  3. Millennium High School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    250 feet
  2. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    370 feet
  3. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    400 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Battery Park
    430 feet
  2. Battery Park Playground
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    370 feet
  2. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    370 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    860 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    510 feet
  2. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    960 feet
  4. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,010 feet
  5. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    1,230 feet
  6. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    1,260 feet
  7. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  2. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Other places

  1. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · landmark · listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Ferry landing · landmark
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broad Street or South 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.