Water Street & Coenties Slip

Water Street and Coenties Slip meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Vietnam Veterans Plaza is 40 feet away, and Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 123 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Water St/Broad St · M15
Within a walk
43 places
17 public spaces, 7 listed historic places and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Coenties Slip Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    940 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. Wall St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Broad St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    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, 230 feet away, for the M15.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Broad St M15
    230 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broad St & Bridge St 49 docks in all
    550 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
    0.5 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 one crash 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 January 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,400 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Water Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Water Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR HIRE VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5PM-MIDNIGHT

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 37 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1832 and 1858.

  1. Block Hall Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    510 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
    120 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 17 public spaces
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 2 museums
  • 2 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Millennium High School
    680 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    40 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    510 feet
  3. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    830 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    850 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    880 feet
  4. Battery Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    120 feet
  2. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    350 feet
  3. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    410 feet
Show all 18
  1. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    450 feet
  2. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    720 feet
  3. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    730 feet
  4. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    760 feet
  5. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    860 feet
  6. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    880 feet
  7. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    950 feet
  8. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    980 feet
  9. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    1,020 feet
  10. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    1,030 feet
  11. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    1,150 feet
  12. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    1,190 feet
  13. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    1,220 feet
  14. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    1,230 feet
  15. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    320 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    950 feet
  4. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  5. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  6. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    600 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    850 feet

Other places

  1. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 123 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Coenties Slip 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.