Whitehall Street & Bridge Street

Whitehall Street and Bridge Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. US Bankruptcy Court is 310 feet away, and Mildred Elley-Nyc is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 50 public places, eight of them schools, and 122 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
190 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
State St/Bridge St · QM7, QM8, QM11
Within a walk
50 places
13 public spaces, 8 schools and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whitehall Street & Bridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    190 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
    430 feet
    4 5
  2. Rector St R, W
    1,170 feet
    R W

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/Bridge St, 410 feet away, for the QM7, QM8 and QM11.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. State St/Bridge St QM7, QM8, QM11
    410 feet
    QM7 QM8 QM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM7 …
  2. QM8 …
  3. QM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Bridge Street and Whitehall Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Whitehall St 44 docks in all
    200 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 in 1969.

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

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bridge Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bridge Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF HOMELESS SERVICES
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO MTA POLICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 3AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO US DEPT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

East side of Whitehall Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Whitehall Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Farmers market 1 sign FARMERS MARKET ONLY TUESDAY THURSDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 116205.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 30 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. Interborough Rapid Transit System, Battery Park Control House Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. American Bank Note Company Office Building Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. International Mercantile Marine Company Building Designated landmark
    620 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Battery Park Cannon Artillery, 1914
    390 feet
  2. John Ericsson Memorial Statue by Jonathan Scott Hartley, 1903
    390 feet
  3. Wireless Operators Memorial Cenotaph, 1915
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 public places.

  • 13 public spaces
  • 8 schools
  • 4 colleges
  • 4 parks
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 17 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    800 feet
  2. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    800 feet
  3. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    800 feet
Show all 18
  1. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    800 feet
  2. Lang School
    810 feet
  3. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    870 feet
  4. Millennium High School
    920 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  6. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  7. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    1,130 feet
  8. Relay School of Education College
    1,130 feet
  9. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  10. Urban Assembly New York Harbor School
    1,190 feet
  11. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,190 feet
  12. The King's College
    1,280 feet
  13. Nyfa College
    1,300 feet
  14. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    1,300 feet
  15. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    390 feet
  3. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    470 feet
Show all 7
  1. Battery Park Playground
    830 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    900 feet
  3. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    980 feet
  4. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    400 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet
Show all 14
  1. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    520 feet
  2. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    700 feet
  3. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    790 feet
  4. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    880 feet
  5. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    1,100 feet
  6. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    1,130 feet
  7. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    1,150 feet
  8. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    1,180 feet
  9. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,260 feet
  10. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,280 feet
  11. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    620 feet
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  1. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    730 feet
  2. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,030 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  4. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    140 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Ferry landing
    1,030 feet
  2. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 122 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bridge Street or Whitehall 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.