Water Street & Peck Slip

Water Street and Peck Slip meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Street Seaport Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Peck Slip School is 130 feet away, and Imagination Playground is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and five more. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, two of them listed historic places, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Pearl St/Peck Slip · QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25
Within a walk
16 places
3 public spaces, 2 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Peck Slip Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
6 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. A …
  6. C …
Brooklyn
6 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. A …
  4. C …
  5. J …
  6. Z …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. J …
  4. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Wall St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists three works at the Fulton St station, among them “Astral Grating” (1987) by Nancy Holt and “Marine Grill Murals, c. 1913 for the McAlpin Hotel” (2000) by Frederick Dana Marsh.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pearl St/Peck Slip, 310 feet away, for the QM7, QM8, QM11 and QM25.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pearl St/Peck Slip QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25
    310 feet
    QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM7 …
  2. QM8 …
  3. QM11 …
  4. QM25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Peck Slip & South St 45 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge at FDR Drive Entry Ramp, 650 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.5 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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 May 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
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

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 in 1971.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and January 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Peck Slip

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Peck Slip

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Water Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Water Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 113 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1811 and 1858.

  1. Meyer's Hotel Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Volunteer Hospital Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. Fulton Market Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Peck Slip School Landmark
    130 feet
  2. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peck Slip Park
    250 feet
  2. FishBridge Park Garden
    310 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    400 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    430 feet
  2. Pearl St Playground
    620 feet
  3. Imagination Playground
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pier 17 Public space
    860 feet
  2. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    1,020 feet
  3. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    860 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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