Water Street & Old Slip

Water Street and Old Slip meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Old Slip Park is 60 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 43 public places, 12 of them listed historic places, and 133 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Water St/Old Slip · M15, SIM5
Within a walk
43 places
16 public spaces, 12 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Old Slip Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 1,010 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
    1,010 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
    1,170 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, 90 feet away, for the M15 and SIM5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Old Slip and Water Street.

  • 65 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
    280 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and February 2026, 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 (west side).

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

East side of Water Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • 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
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100221 and 100681.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 40 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. First Precinct Police Station Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    390 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
    550 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    630 feet
  3. Community Island Pond Installation by Carl Cheng, 2001
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 16 public spaces
  • 12 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    690 feet
  2. Sfinity Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. Millennium High School
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,190 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Slip Park
    60 feet
  2. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    310 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    430 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    550 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    220 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    630 feet
Show all 17
  1. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    280 feet
  2. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    430 feet
  3. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    460 feet
  4. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    480 feet
  5. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    500 feet
  6. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    700 feet
  7. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    750 feet
  8. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    870 feet
  9. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    870 feet
  10. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    940 feet
  11. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,030 feet
  12. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,030 feet
  13. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    1,070 feet
  14. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,240 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    430 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
Show all 13
  1. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    830 feet
  4. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    840 feet
  5. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    960 feet
  6. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  7. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  8. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  9. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  10. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    430 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    490 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    330 feet

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 133 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 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.