Water Street & Pine Street

Water Street and Pine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School is 400 feet away, and Pearl St Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 55 public places, 11 of them listed historic places, and 112 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
660 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Water St/Pine St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
55 places
19 public spaces, 11 listed historic places and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Pine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    660 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
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5

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/Pine St, 40 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Pine St M15 SBS
    40 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Pine St 53 docks in all
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge at FDR Drive Entry Ramp, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pine Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Pine Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Water Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THU RSDAY FRIDAY 6AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 13 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival and Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1835 and 1910.

  1. Cities Service Building Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. 90-94 Maiden Lane Building Designated landmark
    510 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at East River Greenway.

  1. Community Island Pond Installation by Carl Cheng, 2001
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 public places.

  • 19 public spaces
  • 11 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    400 feet
  2. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  3. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    780 feet
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  1. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    780 feet
  2. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Nysarc, Inc-Nyc Chapter School
    940 feet
  4. Quad Preparatory School
    950 feet
  5. Pine Street School
    1,060 feet
  6. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  7. KinderCare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  8. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  9. Titus School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    460 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    800 feet
  3. Imagination Playground
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    830 feet
  2. Pearl St Playground
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    270 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet
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  1. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    330 feet
  2. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    470 feet
  3. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    480 feet
  4. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    490 feet
  5. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    620 feet
  6. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    630 feet
  7. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    640 feet
  8. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    720 feet
  9. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    720 feet
  10. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    750 feet
  11. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    780 feet
  12. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    880 feet
  13. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    950 feet
  14. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    950 feet
  15. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    960 feet
  16. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    1,040 feet
  17. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    930 feet
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  1. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  4. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  5. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  6. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  7. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  8. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  9. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  10. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    620 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 112 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 25 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pine Street 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.