William Street & Exchange Place

William Street and Exchange Place 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. First National City Bank, one of 19 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 77 public places, 19 of them listed historic places, and 156 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
220 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Water St/Old Slip · M15, SIM5
Within a walk
77 places
20 public spaces, 19 listed historic places and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
William Street & Exchange Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    220 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
    380 feet
    J Z
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    970 feet
    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/Old Slip, 880 feet away, for the M15 and SIM5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 9 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 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
    1.5 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,700 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 1926 and 1958.

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, a 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Exchange Place

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Exchange Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of William Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of William Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100127.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 19 Individual Landmarks, and 36 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1912.

  1. First National City Bank Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Broad Exchange Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Delmonico's Building Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 77 public places.

  • 20 public spaces
  • 19 listed historic places
  • 13 schools
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sfinity Trade or language school
    100 feet
  2. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    400 feet
  3. Pine Street School
    570 feet
Show all 23
  1. Quad Preparatory School
    600 feet
  2. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    700 feet
  3. The King's College
    730 feet
  4. Millennium High School
    770 feet
  5. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    810 feet
  6. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  7. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    920 feet
  8. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    980 feet
  9. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    980 feet
  10. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    1,020 feet
  11. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  12. Nysarc, Inc-Nyc Chapter School
    1,180 feet
  13. P.S. 150 School
    1,200 feet
  14. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  15. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,220 feet
  16. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,220 feet
  17. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,220 feet
  18. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  19. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,260 feet
  20. Lang School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    440 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    770 feet
  3. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    550 feet
  2. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,010 feet
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  1. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    550 feet
  2. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    590 feet
  3. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    660 feet
  4. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    710 feet
  5. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    730 feet
  6. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    760 feet
  7. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    850 feet
  8. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    860 feet
  9. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    900 feet
  10. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,010 feet
  11. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    1,010 feet
  12. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    1,090 feet
  13. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    1,110 feet
  14. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,130 feet
  15. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    1,140 feet
  16. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,220 feet
  17. Public space at 100 William Street Public space
    1,240 feet
  18. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    1,260 feet
  19. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    990 feet
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  1. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    390 feet
  3. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    470 feet
  4. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  5. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    520 feet
  6. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    560 feet
  7. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    570 feet
  8. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    600 feet
  9. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    610 feet
  10. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    730 feet
  11. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    800 feet
  12. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    980 feet
  13. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  14. Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  15. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  16. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  17. Empire Building Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  18. Equitable Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  19. Trinity Church and Graveyard Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  20. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Trinity Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    730 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 156 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Exchange Place 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.