South Street & FDR Drive

South Street and FDR Drive (Exit 1, west) 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 memorial wall “Vietnam Memorial” is 230 feet away, and Whitehall Ferry Terminal is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about three minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, four of them parks, and 58 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
South St/Whitehall St · M15
Within a walk
26 places
9 public spaces, 4 parks and 10 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, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    860 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
    0.4 miles
    4 5
  2. Broad St J, Z
    0.4 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, 640 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.3 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on South Street (west side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100034.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 24 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. First Precinct Police Station Designated landmark
    740 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
    230 feet
  2. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 3 ferry landings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    40 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    180 feet
  3. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Battery Park
    770 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    180 feet
  2. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    680 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    710 feet
  2. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    840 feet
  3. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,020 feet
  4. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,220 feet
  5. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    1,280 feet
  6. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    1,290 feet
  7. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · landmark · listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Ferry landing · landmark
    1,000 feet
  3. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along FDR Drive 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.