South Street & Peter Minuit Place

South Street and Peter Minuit Place meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan, at the edge of The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery is 310 feet away, and Admiral Dewey Promenade in The Battery is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
670 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
South Ferry/Terminal · M15 SBS
Within a walk
14 places
4 public spaces, 2 ferry landings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Street & Peter Minuit Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    670 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
    1,220 feet
    4 5
  2. Rector St R, W
    0.4 miles
    R W

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 Ferry/Terminal, 350 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. South Ferry/Terminal M15 SBS
    350 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bus Slip & State St 69 docks in all
    320 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 2024.

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 corner is on the edge of the The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island area

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 100 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 1985.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts and Federal, one each, and built between 1793 and 1909.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Battery Park.

  1. Coast Guard Memorial Statue by Norman Millet Thomas, 1955
    460 feet
  2. John Wolfe Ambrose Bust by Andrew O'Connor, Jr. and Frederick George Richard Roth, 1936
    480 feet
  3. East Coast Memorial Statue by Albino Manca, 1963
    540 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 public spaces
  • 2 ferry landings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 1 courthouse
  • 3 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Battery Park Playground
    60 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    70 feet
  3. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    310 feet
Show all 5
  1. Admiral Dewey Promenade in The Battery Park feature
    330 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    770 feet
  2. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    800 feet
  3. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Battery Park Control House Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Ferry landing · landmark
    340 feet
  2. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · landmark · listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and one food store.

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, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Peter Minuit Place 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.