South Street & Fletcher Street

South Street and Fletcher Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Street Seaport Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Hickson W. Field Stores stands 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about six minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Water St/John St · M15
Within a walk
39 places
14 public spaces, 9 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Street & Fletcher Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z
  2. Broad St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Wall” (1990) by Harry Roseman at the Wall St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Water St/John St, 590 feet away, for the M15.

  • 27 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/John St M15
    590 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Water St & Fletcher St 79 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 200 Liberty Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2018.

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
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1961 and 1972.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of Fletcher Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Fletcher Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of South Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 45 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1811 and 1846.

  1. Hickson W. Field Stores Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Schermerhorn Row Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Fulton Market Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at East River Greenway.

  1. Community Island Pond Installation by Carl Cheng, 2001
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 14 public spaces
  • 9 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    970 feet
  2. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
Show all 8
  1. KinderCare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  2. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  3. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    1,260 feet
  4. Nysarc, Inc-Nyc Chapter School
    1,280 feet
  5. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    under 10 feet
  2. Imagination Playground
    240 feet
  3. Pearl St Playground
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Peck Slip Park
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    390 feet
  2. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    490 feet
  3. Public space at Pier 17 Public space
    560 feet
Show all 14
  1. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    630 feet
  2. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    710 feet
  3. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    720 feet
  4. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    800 feet
  5. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    870 feet
  6. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    950 feet
  7. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    1,010 feet
  8. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    1,150 feet
  9. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,210 feet
  10. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    1,220 feet
  11. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. W.O. Decker (Tugboat) Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Helen McAllister, Harbor Tugboat Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Ambrose (Lightship) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  4. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  5. Wavertree Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  6. Lettie G. Howard (Schooner) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  7. John A. Lynch (Ferryboat) Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fletcher 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.