Water Street & Wall Street

Water Street and Wall Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Waterfront Esplanade is 460 feet away, and Vietnam Veterans Plaza is 1,080 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 57 public places, 13 of them listed historic places, and 124 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
720 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Water St/Wall St · M15, SIM5, SIM35
Within a walk
57 places
20 public spaces, 13 listed historic places and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Wall Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 720 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
    720 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
    1,090 feet
    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/Wall St, 90 feet away, for the M15, SIM5 and SIM35.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Wall St M15, SIM5, SIM35 · Shelter
    90 feet
    M15 SIM5 SIM35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Water St & Gouverneur Ln 37 docks in all
    260 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 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.

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 7,600 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 1930 and 1969.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Wall Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of Wall Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 2 signs NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY

East side of Water Street

  • 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

West side of Water Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100221, 100222, 100259 and 100681.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 11 Individual Landmarks, and 18 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1906.

  1. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. Cities Service Building Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. The Down Town Association Building Designated landmark
    600 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
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 public places.

  • 20 public spaces
  • 13 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    170 feet
  2. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Sfinity Trade or language school
    960 feet
Show all 10
  1. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    970 feet
  2. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    970 feet
  3. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  4. Pine Street School
    1,070 feet
  5. Quad Preparatory School
    1,090 feet
  6. Nysarc, Inc-Nyc Chapter School
    1,120 feet
  7. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    460 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    560 feet
  3. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    600 feet
Show all 6
  1. Imagination Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    1,080 feet
  3. Pearl St Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    230 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet
Show all 22
  1. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    230 feet
  2. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    260 feet
  3. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    410 feet
  4. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    480 feet
  5. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    500 feet
  6. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    520 feet
  7. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    540 feet
  8. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    600 feet
  9. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    720 feet
  10. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    720 feet
  11. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    800 feet
  12. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    850 feet
  13. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    870 feet
  14. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    950 feet
  15. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,010 feet
  16. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    1,060 feet
  17. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    1,120 feet
  18. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    1,140 feet
  19. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 14
  1. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    920 feet
  4. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  5. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  6. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  7. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  8. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  9. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  10. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  11. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    720 feet

Bank branches

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 124 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 27 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Wall Street 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, 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.