Water Street & Dover Street

Water Street and Dover Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the South Street Seaport Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. FishBridge Park Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Frankfort St/Pearl St · M22, QM7, QM8, QM11 +2
Within a walk
20 places
6 schools, 4 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Dover Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z
  2. City Hall R, W
    0.5 miles
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frankfort St/Pearl St, 390 feet away, for the M22, QM7, QM8, QM11 and two more.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frankfort St/Pearl St M22, QM7, QM8, QM11 +2 · Shelter
    390 feet
    M22 QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25 QM65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …
  2. QM7 …
  3. QM8 …
  4. QM11 …
  5. QM25 …
  6. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Dover Street.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Peck Slip & South St 45 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 420 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes 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 June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1971.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Dover Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Water Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Water Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 88 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1813 and 1868.

  1. Meyer's Hotel Designated landmark
    580 feet
  2. Volunteer Hospital Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Peck Slip School Landmark
    390 feet
  2. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    620 feet
  3. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    1,180 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    1,180 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. FishBridge Park Garden
    40 feet
  2. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    270 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    390 feet
Show all 7
  1. Peck Slip Park
    540 feet
  2. Pearl St Playground
    960 feet
  3. James Madison Plaza
    1,060 feet
  4. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,060 feet
  3. Public space at Pier 17 Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,200 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dover Street 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.