Water Street & Catherine Slip

Water Street and Catherine Slip meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center is 410 feet away, and P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about ten minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Madison St/Catherine St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Catherine Slip Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. East Broadway F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Catherine St, 930 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Catherine St M15 SBS
    930 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Water Street.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catherine St & Monroe St 35 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. 299 South Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,900 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 between 1935 and 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 77 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Catherine Slip

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Catherine Slip

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Water Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Water Street

  • No parking 22 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Water Street

  • No parking 32 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Water Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Alfred E. Smith Playground.

  1. Governor Alfred E. Smith Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1950
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis School
    390 feet
  3. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tanahey Playground
    70 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    200 feet
  3. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    400 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coleman Playground
    820 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. House at 51 Market Street Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Catherine Slip or Water 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, NYCHA, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.