South Street & R F Wagner Sr Place

South Street and R F Wagner Sr Place meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Alfred E. Smith Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl · M15, M22
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Street & R F Wagner Sr Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl, 920 feet away, for the M15 and M22.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl M15, M22
    920 feet
    M15 M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Peck Slip & South St 45 docks in all
    1,120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 160 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.4 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 44 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1813 and 1873.

  1. United States Post Office, Peck Slip Station Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    1,280 feet
  2. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    1,280 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    90 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    790 feet
  3. FishBridge Park Garden
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    1,080 feet
  2. Peck Slip Park
    1,130 feet
  3. James Madison Plaza
    1,160 feet
  4. Tanahey Playground
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along R F Wagner Sr Place 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.