South Street & Maiden Lane

South Street and Maiden Lane meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the South Street Seaport Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,248 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Imagination Playground is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Water St/Maiden LN · QM7, QM8, QM65, SIM5 +2
Within a walk
38 places
16 public spaces, 7 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Street & Maiden Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five 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/Maiden LN, 550 feet away, for the QM7, QM8, QM65, SIM5 and two more.

  • 27 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Maiden LN QM7, QM8, QM65, SIM5 +2 · Shelter
    550 feet
    QM7 QM8 QM65 SIM5 SIM15 SIM35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM7 …
  2. QM8 …
  3. QM65 …
  4. SIM5 …
  5. SIM15 …
  6. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Pine St 53 docks in all
    530 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
    2.6 miles
  2. 200 Liberty Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,248 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 644th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 573 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10005
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

Homes

About 4,300 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Maiden Lane

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of Maiden Lane

  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

East side of South Street

  • No standing 15 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of South Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYC DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 34 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
    280 feet
  2. Schermerhorn Row Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. Fulton Market Designated landmark
    710 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
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 16 public spaces
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    860 feet
  2. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  2. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    1,150 feet
  3. Nysarc, Inc-Nyc Chapter School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    under 10 feet
  2. Imagination Playground
    350 feet
  3. Pearl St Playground
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Peck Slip Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    280 feet
  2. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    520 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,300 feet
Show all 17
  1. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    590 feet
  2. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    600 feet
  3. Public space at Pier 17 Public space
    680 feet
  4. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    760 feet
  5. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    830 feet
  6. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    840 feet
  7. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    920 feet
  8. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    1,040 feet
  9. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,100 feet
  10. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    1,110 feet
  11. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    1,120 feet
  12. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    1,190 feet
  13. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    1,260 feet
  14. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    630 feet
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  1. W.O. Decker (Tugboat) Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Helen McAllister, Harbor Tugboat Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Ambrose (Lightship) Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  4. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  5. Wavertree Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Maiden Lane or South Street.

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