Water Street & State Street

Water Street and State Street meet at a six-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery is 30 feet away, and Interborough Rapid Transit System, Battery Park Control House stands 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, seven of them schools, and 103 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
140 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
State St/Whitehall St · M20, M55
Within a walk
39 places
9 public spaces, 7 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & State Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 140 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    140 feet
    1 R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Bowling Green 4, 5
    860 feet
    4 5
  2. Broad St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passages” (2000) by Frank Giorgini and “See it split, see it change” (2009) by Doug & Michael Starn at the Whitehall St-South Ferry station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is State St/Whitehall St, 30 feet away, for the M20 and M55.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. State St/Whitehall St M20, M55
    30 feet
    M20 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …
  2. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Whitehall Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Whitehall St 44 docks in all
    310 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
    2.8 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
10004
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1969.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of State Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of State Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Water Street

  • For-hire vehicles only 2 signs FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY 5PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

West side of Water Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Whitehall Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Whitehall Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1828 and 1859.

  1. Interborough Rapid Transit System, Battery Park Control House Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Battery Park.

  1. Coast Guard Memorial Statue by Norman Millet Thomas, 1955
    160 feet
  2. John Wolfe Ambrose Bust by Andrew O'Connor, Jr. and Frederick George Richard Roth, 1936
    430 feet
  3. Wireless Operators Memorial Cenotaph, 1915
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 7 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 ferry landings
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Urban Assembly New York Harbor School
    750 feet
  3. Millennium High School
    1,150 feet
Show all 9
  1. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  2. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,240 feet
  3. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,240 feet
  4. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,240 feet
  5. Lang School
    1,250 feet
  6. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    30 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    50 feet
  3. Battery Park Playground
    390 feet
Show all 8
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    460 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    810 feet
  4. Admiral Dewey Promenade in The Battery Park feature
    960 feet
  5. Old Slip Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    230 feet
  2. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    350 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    530 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    570 feet
  3. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    660 feet
  4. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    920 feet
  5. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    920 feet
  6. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  7. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    690 feet
  3. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    690 feet
Show all 7
  1. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,160 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  4. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    570 feet

Other places

  1. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Ferry landing · landmark
    590 feet
  2. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · landmark · listed historic place
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 103 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along State Street, Water Street or Whitehall Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.