South William Street & Mill Lane

South William Street and Mill Lane meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner is also named Mill Street Synagogue/Seixas Way by local law. It 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. Delmonico's Building, one of 11 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Water St/Old Slip · M15, SIM5
Within a walk
60 places
16 listed historic places, 15 public spaces and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South William Street & Mill Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    630 feet
    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. Broad St J, Z
    790 feet
    J Z
  2. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    900 feet
    1 R W

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/Old Slip, 720 feet away, for the M15 and SIM5.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Old Slip M15, SIM5
    720 feet
    M15 SIM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    410 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
    2.6 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
10 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Mill Street Synagogue/Seixas Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,500 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

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Mill Street Synagogue/Seixas Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and March 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on South William Street (west side).

North side of Mill Lane

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Mill Lane

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of South William Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 11 Individual Landmarks, and 44 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    80 feet
  2. Delmonico's Building Designated landmark
    80 feet
  3. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    160 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
    470 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 public places.

  • 16 listed historic places
  • 15 public spaces
  • 8 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Millennium High School
    360 feet
  2. Sfinity Trade or language school
    450 feet
  3. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    810 feet
Show all 15
  1. Pine Street School
    980 feet
  2. Quad Preparatory School
    1,000 feet
  3. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  4. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    1,140 feet
  5. The King's College
    1,140 feet
  6. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  7. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,160 feet
  8. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,160 feet
  9. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,160 feet
  10. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  11. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,220 feet
  12. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    280 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    610 feet
  3. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    990 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    450 feet
  2. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    490 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    600 feet
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  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    590 feet
  2. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    590 feet
  3. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    820 feet
  4. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    830 feet
  5. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    840 feet
  6. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    970 feet
  7. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    1,050 feet
  8. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,060 feet
  9. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,060 feet
  10. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    1,090 feet
  11. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,140 feet
  12. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    1,200 feet
  13. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,030 feet
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  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    610 feet
  4. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    630 feet
  5. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    640 feet
  6. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    670 feet
  7. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    730 feet
  8. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    760 feet
  9. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    800 feet
  10. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    820 feet
  11. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    930 feet
  12. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    970 feet
  13. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  14. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  15. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  16. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,230 feet
  17. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 145 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mill Lane 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.