Water Street & Gouverneur Lane

Water Street and Gouverneur Lane meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. First Precinct Police Station, one of ten Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about four minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 110 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Water St/Gouverneur LN · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
44 places
18 public spaces, 9 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Gouverneur Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    990 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
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    0.3 miles
    1 R W

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/Gouverneur LN, 40 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Gouverneur LN M15, M15 SBS
    40 feet
    M15 M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 69 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Water St & Gouverneur Ln 37 docks in all
    30 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
10005
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 7,100 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 between 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2025 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Water Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1905.

  1. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. First Precinct Police Station Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    460 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at East River Greenway.

  1. Community Island Pond Installation by Carl Cheng, 2001
    590 feet
  2. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 18 public spaces
  • 9 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    440 feet
  2. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
Show all 7
  1. Millennium High School
    1,240 feet
  2. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  3. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    1,250 feet
  4. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Slip Park
    290 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    440 feet
  3. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    560 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    210 feet
  2. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    240 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet
Show all 19
  1. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    250 feet
  2. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    270 feet
  3. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    440 feet
  4. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    450 feet
  5. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    510 feet
  6. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    530 feet
  7. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    690 feet
  8. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    730 feet
  9. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    780 feet
  10. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    880 feet
  11. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    990 feet
  12. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    1,120 feet
  13. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    1,120 feet
  14. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    1,130 feet
  15. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    1,150 feet
  16. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    1,230 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  4. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  5. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  6. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  7. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    240 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    80 feet

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 110 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gouverneur Lane 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.