South William Street & Coenties Alley

South William Street and Coenties Alley meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Stone Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Block Hall stands 70 feet away, and Our Lady of Victory Church is 1,160 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 65 public places and 149 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
710 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Water St/Coenties Slip East · BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
65 places
18 public spaces, 15 listed historic places and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South William Street & Coenties Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    710 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. Wall St 2, 3
    820 feet
    2 3
  2. Broad St J, Z
    860 feet
    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 Water St/Coenties Slip East, 580 feet away, for the BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Coenties Slip East BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4
    580 feet
    BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM1 …
  2. BM2 …
  3. BM3 …
  4. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on South William Street.

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broad St & Bridge St 49 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 7,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 330 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on South William Street (west side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100191.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Stone Street Historic District.

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 42 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. Block Hall Designated landmark
    70 feet
  2. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Delmonico's Building Designated landmark
    260 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Coenties Slip.

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    370 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 public places.

  • 18 public spaces
  • 15 listed historic places
  • 9 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Millennium High School
    170 feet
  2. Sfinity Trade or language school
    640 feet
  3. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    850 feet
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  1. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    840 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,000 feet
  4. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  5. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,000 feet
  6. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,000 feet
  7. Pine Street School
    1,170 feet
  8. Quad Preparatory School
    1,200 feet
  9. Lang School
    1,230 feet
  10. The King's College
    1,280 feet
  11. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,300 feet
  12. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    480 feet
  2. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    550 feet
  3. Old Slip Park
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    1,130 feet
  3. The Battery Park
    1,140 feet
  4. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    250 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet
  3. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    580 feet
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  1. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    640 feet
  2. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    780 feet
  3. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    860 feet
  4. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    900 feet
  5. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    960 feet
  6. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    1,020 feet
  7. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,030 feet
  8. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,040 feet
  9. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    1,120 feet
  10. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    1,130 feet
  11. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    1,150 feet
  12. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    1,170 feet
  13. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    1,250 feet
  14. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,250 feet
  15. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,280 feet
  16. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    400 feet
  3. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    840 feet
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  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    540 feet
  4. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    780 feet
  5. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    810 feet
  6. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    820 feet
  7. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    860 feet
  8. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    870 feet
  9. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    950 feet
  10. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  11. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,060 feet
  12. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  13. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  14. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  15. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  16. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    720 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    460 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 149 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coenties Alley or South William Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.