Water Street & Gouverneur Slip East

Water Street and Gouverneur Slip East meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Vladeck development. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Vladeck Park is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about ten minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them playgrounds. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1955, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Madison St/Gouverneur St · M22
Within a walk
22 places
6 playgrounds, 5 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Gouverneur Slip East 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/Gouverneur St, 700 feet away, for the M22.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Gouverneur St M22
    700 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Montgomery St 20 docks in all
    1,050 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, July 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Lower East Side
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1940 and 1955.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of Gouverneur Slip East

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

West side of Gouverneur Slip East

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

South side of Water Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 playgrounds
  • 5 parks
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Neighborhood High School
    530 feet
  2. P.S. 184m Shuang Wen School
    680 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vladeck Houses Community Garden - Vladeck Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    130 feet
  2. Lillian D Wald Playground
    330 feet
  3. Vladeck Park
    370 feet
Show all 12
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    580 feet
  2. Vladeck Park Playground
    680 feet
  3. Pier 42 Park
    730 feet
  4. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    770 feet
  5. Corlears Hook Park
    830 feet
  6. Cherry Clinton Playground
    940 feet
  7. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    1,080 feet
  8. Corlears Hook Park Playground
    1,190 feet
  9. Pier 42 Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Basketball City Public space
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gouverneur Hospital Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Chapel Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Lower East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
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  1. Lillian Wald Residence Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 334 Madison Street Older adult center
    700 feet
  2. Two Bridges Community Center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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