South Street & FDR Drive

South Street and FDR Drive (Exit 1, east) meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Coenties Ship” is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them parks, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
South St/Whitehall St · M15
Within a walk
18 places
6 public spaces, 4 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Street & FDR Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    1,180 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. Wall St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. Bowling Green 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

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, 910 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.5 miles 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2021.

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 in 1969.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1828 and 1859.

  1. First Precinct Police Station Designated landmark
    660 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    270 feet
  2. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 2 ferry landings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Assembly New York Harbor School
    820 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    under 10 feet
  2. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    230 feet
  3. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Battery Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    480 feet
  2. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    980 feet
  3. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    1,110 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,110 feet
  2. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,180 feet
  3. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along FDR Drive or South Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.