Water Street & Old Slip at Hanover Square

Water Street, Old Slip and Hanover Square meet at a five-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hanover Bank Building stands 290 feet away, and MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 49 public places, 14 of them listed historic places, and 131 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Water St/Old Slip · M15, SIM5
Within a walk
49 places
17 public spaces, 14 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Old Slip at Hanover Square Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    940 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
    1,100 feet
    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/Old Slip, 160 feet away, for the M15 and SIM5.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Old Slip M15, SIM5
    160 feet
    M15 SIM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hanover Square, Old Slip and Water Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

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 October 2021.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,000 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 1929 and 1969.

Since 2014 at least 330 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm, 3 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 10am to 10pm on Water Street (both sides), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm on Water Street (west side).

North side of Hanover Square

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM

South side of Hanover Square

  • 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

North side of Old Slip

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Old Slip

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100033, 100158, 100159, 100220, 100221 and 100681.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 41 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1834 and 1883.

  1. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. First Precinct Police Station Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    370 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Coenties Slip.

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    480 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    560 feet
  3. Community Island Pond Installation by Carl Cheng, 2001
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 public places.

  • 17 public spaces
  • 14 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sfinity Trade or language school
    760 feet
  2. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    760 feet
  3. Millennium High School
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,120 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. Pine Street School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Slip Park
    70 feet
  2. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    240 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    480 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    1,280 feet
  3. The Battery Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    210 feet
  2. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    280 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    560 feet
Show all 18
  1. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    410 feet
  3. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    500 feet
  4. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    530 feet
  5. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    570 feet
  6. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    770 feet
  7. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    790 feet
  8. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    790 feet
  9. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    830 feet
  10. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    960 feet
  11. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    1,000 feet
  12. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    1,000 feet
  13. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,100 feet
  14. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    1,310 feet
  15. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    1,310 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    350 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 15
  1. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    760 feet
  4. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    770 feet
  5. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    890 feet
  6. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  7. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  8. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  9. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  10. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  11. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  12. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    150 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    400 feet

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 131 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hanover Square, Old Slip 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, 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.