Wall Street & Hanover Street

Wall Street and Hanover Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. First National City Bank, one of 17 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 140 feet away, and Trinity Church is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 70 public places, 18 of them listed historic places, and 146 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
220 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Water St/Wall St · M15, SIM5, SIM35
Within a walk
70 places
23 public spaces, 18 listed historic places and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wall Street & Hanover Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    220 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
    590 feet
    J Z
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    1,050 feet
    4 5

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/Wall St, 580 feet away, for the M15, SIM5 and SIM35.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Wall St M15, SIM5, SIM35 · Shelter
    580 feet
    M15 SIM5 SIM35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 53 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge at FDR Drive Entry Ramp, 0.5 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10005
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 10,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, a 'Summer Charm' Peking lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hanover Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hanover Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Wall Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100128.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 17 Individual Landmarks, and 32 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1908.

  1. First National City Bank Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Bank of New York & Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    300 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Louise Nevelson Plaza.

  1. Shadows and Flags Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, 1978
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 public places.

  • 23 public spaces
  • 18 listed historic places
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sfinity Trade or language school
    530 feet
  2. Pine Street School
    570 feet
  3. Quad Preparatory School
    590 feet
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  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    670 feet
  2. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    820 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  4. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    920 feet
  5. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  6. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    980 feet
  7. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    980 feet
  8. Millennium High School
    1,070 feet
  9. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  10. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  11. The King's College
    1,160 feet
  12. Nysarc, Inc-Nyc Chapter School
    1,170 feet
  13. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    450 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    740 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    120 feet
  2. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet
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  1. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    440 feet
  2. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    530 feet
  3. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    730 feet
  4. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    750 feet
  5. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    850 feet
  6. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    860 feet
  7. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    880 feet
  8. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    910 feet
  9. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    980 feet
  10. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,000 feet
  11. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,010 feet
  12. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,080 feet
  13. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    1,130 feet
  14. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    1,150 feet
  15. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    1,160 feet
  16. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,160 feet
  17. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    1,190 feet
  18. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,210 feet
  19. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,210 feet
  20. Public space at 100 William Street Public space
    1,240 feet
  21. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,250 feet
  22. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    570 feet
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  1. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    780 feet
  4. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    820 feet
  5. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    860 feet
  6. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    860 feet
  7. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  8. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  9. Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  10. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  11. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  12. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  13. Equitable Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  14. Trinity Church and Graveyard Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  15. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  16. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  17. Empire Building Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Trinity Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 146 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 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hanover Street or Wall 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, 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.