Water Street & Broad Street

Water Street and Broad Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Coenties Ship” is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about two minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 121 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Water St/Broad St · QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25
Within a walk
45 places
13 public spaces, 7 listed historic places and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Broad Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    560 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. Bowling Green 4, 5
    1,080 feet
    4 5
  2. Broad St J, Z
    1,130 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/Broad St, 60 feet away, for the QM7, QM8, QM11 and QM25.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Broad St QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25
    60 feet
    QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM7 …
  2. QM8 …
  3. QM11 …
  4. QM25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 49 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
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.8 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022

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
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 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 1969.

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

Trees

Seventeen 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
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm on Water Street (west side).

East side of Broad Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Broad Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Broad Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broad Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Water Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • For-hire vehicles only 2 signs FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY 5PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

West side of Water Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100031, 100046 and 100158.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District.

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 39 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1831 and 1860.

  1. Block Hall Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. American Bank Note Company Office Building Designated landmark
    670 feet
  3. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    330 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    480 feet
  3. Coast Guard Memorial Statue by Norman Millet Thomas, 1955
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 13 public spaces
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 2 ferry landings
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Millennium High School
    730 feet
  3. Urban Assembly New York Harbor School
    1,040 feet
Show all 9
  1. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  2. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,130 feet
  3. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  4. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,270 feet
  5. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,270 feet
  6. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    390 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    450 feet
  3. The Battery Park
    470 feet
Show all 8
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    690 feet
  2. Battery Park Playground
    820 feet
  3. Old Slip Park
    890 feet
  4. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    940 feet
  5. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    240 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    420 feet
  3. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    480 feet
Show all 14
  1. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    500 feet
  2. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    500 feet
  3. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    650 feet
  4. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    790 feet
  5. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    830 feet
  6. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    890 feet
  7. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    910 feet
  8. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    920 feet
  9. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    1,100 feet
  10. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,110 feet
  11. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,170 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    270 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  4. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  5. Battery Park Control House Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  6. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    730 feet

Other places

  1. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · landmark · listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Ferry landing · landmark
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 121 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broad Street or Water Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.