Trinity Place & Rector Street

Trinity Place and Rector Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Empire Building, one of 17 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 130 feet away, and Charging Bull Statue is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Rector St, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 62 public places, 15 of them listed historic places, and 89 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rector St
40 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Trinity Pl/Rector St · M55, BM1, BM2, BM3 +13
Within a walk
62 places
15 listed historic places, 12 public spaces and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Trinity Place & Rector Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rector St, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rector St R, W
    40 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Rector St 1
    210 feet
    1
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    290 feet
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Trinity Pl/Rector St, 100 feet away, for the M55, BM1, BM2, BM3 and 13 more.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Trinity Pl/Rector St M55, BM1, BM2, BM3 +13 · Shelter
    100 feet
    M55 BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4 SIM1 SIM1C SIM2 SIM3C SIM4 SIM4C SIM15 SIM32 SIM33C SIM34 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. BM1 …
  3. BM2 …
  4. BM3 …
  5. BM4 …
  6. SIM1 …
  7. SIM1C …
  8. SIM2 …
  9. SIM3C …
  10. SIM4 …
  11. SIM4C …
  12. SIM15 …
  13. SIM32 …
  14. SIM33C …
  15. SIM34 …
  16. X27 …
  17. X28 …

Live arrivals

Trinity Place carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwich St & Rector St 59 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes 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 July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2006

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10006
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Three trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rector Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rector Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Trinity Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-10AM 3PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-3PM

West side of Trinity Place

  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Seventeen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1839 and 1915.

  1. Empire Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. American Express Company Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. New York Curb Exchange Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 public places.

  • 15 listed historic places
  • 12 public spaces
  • 12 schools
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 4 colleges
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 150 School
    280 feet
  2. A School Without Walls School
    530 feet
  3. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    590 feet
Show all 25
  1. Leadership and Public Service High School
    530 feet
  2. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    590 feet
  3. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    590 feet
  4. Compass Charter School
    630 feet
  5. High School of Economics and Finance School
    640 feet
  6. The King's College
    690 feet
  7. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    730 feet
  8. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    800 feet
  9. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    920 feet
  10. Relay School of Education College
    920 feet
  11. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    970 feet
  12. Lang School
    1,000 feet
  13. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  14. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  15. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  16. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  17. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,160 feet
  18. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,160 feet
  19. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,160 feet
  20. Pine Street School
    1,170 feet
  21. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,200 feet
  22. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Liberty Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    420 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    430 feet
  3. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    500 feet
Show all 12
  1. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    580 feet
  2. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    590 feet
  3. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    690 feet
  4. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    740 feet
  5. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    760 feet
  6. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    990 feet
  7. Public space at One Liberty Plaza Public space
    1,100 feet
  8. Public space at One Bankers Trust Plaza Public space
    1,120 feet
  9. Public space at 140 Broadway Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    910 feet
  3. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    920 feet
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  1. Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Trinity Church and Graveyard Listed historic place
    400 feet
  3. Trinity and United States Realty Company Buildings Listed historic place
    710 feet
  4. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    810 feet
  5. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    850 feet
  6. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    940 feet
  7. Equitable Building Listed historic place
    940 feet
  8. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    950 feet
  9. Red Cube Public artwork
    990 feet
  10. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  11. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  12. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  13. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  14. West Street Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  15. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  16. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  17. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Church Landmark
    300 feet
  2. Greek St Nicholas Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    860 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 89 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rector Street or Trinity Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.