William Street & Beaver Street

William Street and Beaver Street meet at a five-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden is 200 feet away, and Louise Nevelson Plaza is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 72 public places, 16 of them listed historic places, and 157 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
460 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Water St/Old Slip · M15, SIM5
Within a walk
72 places
20 public spaces, 16 listed historic places and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
William Street & Beaver Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    460 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
    620 feet
    J Z
  2. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    1,070 feet
    1 R W

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/Old Slip, 640 feet away, for the M15 and SIM5.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Old Slip M15, SIM5
    640 feet
    M15 SIM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on South William Street and William Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.6 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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Twenty 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
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on William Street (south side).

North side of Beaver Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO TAXI & LIMOUSINE COMMISSION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Beaver Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of South William Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of South William Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYS OPWDD MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of William Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100957 and 116038.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 17 Individual Landmarks, and 50 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. Delmonico's Building Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    170 feet
  3. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    200 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Coenties Slip.

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 public places.

  • 20 public spaces
  • 16 listed historic places
  • 11 schools
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 4 parks
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sfinity Trade or language school
    280 feet
  2. Millennium High School
    530 feet
  3. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    640 feet
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  1. Pine Street School
    810 feet
  2. Quad Preparatory School
    840 feet
  3. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    840 feet
  4. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    970 feet
  5. The King's College
    970 feet
  6. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    990 feet
  7. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    990 feet
  8. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    990 feet
  9. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    990 feet
  10. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,050 feet
  11. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  12. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  13. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  14. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    1,220 feet
  15. Lang School
    1,230 feet
  16. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet
  17. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    200 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    530 feet
  3. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    910 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    310 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    770 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet
Show all 22
  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    510 feet
  2. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    520 feet
  3. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    610 feet
  4. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    660 feet
  5. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    660 feet
  6. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    760 feet
  7. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    890 feet
  8. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    890 feet
  9. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    970 feet
  10. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    980 feet
  11. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    1,010 feet
  12. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    1,030 feet
  13. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    1,090 feet
  14. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    1,140 feet
  15. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  16. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    1,220 feet
  17. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    1,250 feet
  18. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    1,250 feet
  19. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,310 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,060 feet
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  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    410 feet
  3. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    440 feet
  4. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    460 feet
  5. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    510 feet
  6. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    560 feet
  7. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    590 feet
  8. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    630 feet
  9. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    740 feet
  10. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  11. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    800 feet
  12. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    810 feet
  13. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    850 feet
  14. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    900 feet
  15. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    970 feet
  16. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  17. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  18. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    440 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. 55 Fulton 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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 157 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 29 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beaver Street, South William Street or William 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.