Water Street & Gouverneur Street

Water Street and Gouverneur Street meet at a three-way junction in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Vladeck development. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lillian D Wald Playground is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them playgrounds. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Madison St/Gouverneur St · M22
Within a walk
23 places
6 playgrounds, 5 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Gouverneur Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine 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, 780 feet away, for the M22.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Gouverneur St M22
    780 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
    960 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
    2.8 miles
  2. 299 South Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    840 feet

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 March 2025.

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 2,800 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 1962.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Gouverneur Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Gouverneur Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Water Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. University Neighborhood High School
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 184m Shuang Wen School
    600 feet
  3. Henry Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vladeck Houses Community Garden - Vladeck Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    210 feet
  2. Lillian D Wald Playground
    250 feet
  3. Vladeck Park
    460 feet
Show all 12
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    500 feet
  2. Pier 42 Park
    650 feet
  3. John V. Lindsay East River Park
    700 feet
  4. Vladeck Park Playground
    760 feet
  5. Cherry Clinton Playground
    860 feet
  6. Corlears Hook Park
    910 feet
  7. Sol Lain Plgd Playground
    1,000 feet
  8. Pier 42 Playground
    1,110 feet
  9. Corlears Hook Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Basketball City Public space
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gouverneur Hospital Listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. Lower East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. St. Augustine's Chapel Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lillian Wald Residence Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 334 Madison Street Older adult center
    790 feet
  2. Two Bridges Community Center
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gouverneur Street or Water Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.