William Street & Spruce Street

William Street and Spruce Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Spruce Street School is 200 feet away, and NYC Business Solutions Lower Manhattan Center is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about two minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, eight of them listed historic places, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Park Row/Spruce St · M22, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
Within a walk
37 places
8 listed historic places, 6 public spaces and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
William Street & Spruce Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    580 feet
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
6 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. A …
  6. C …
Brooklyn
6 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. A …
  4. C …
  5. J …
  6. Z …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. J …
  4. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    690 feet
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    0.3 miles
    2 3 A C E R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists three works at the Fulton St station, among them “Astral Grating” (1987) by Nancy Holt and “Marine Grill Murals, c. 1913 for the McAlpin Hotel” (2000) by Frederick Dana Marsh.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Row/Spruce St, 450 feet away, for the M22, BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Row/Spruce St M22, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
    450 feet
    M22 BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …
  2. BM1 …
  3. BM2 …
  4. BM3 …
  5. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Spruce Street.

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Spruce St & Nassau St 34 docks in all
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 840 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.4 miles
  2. 25 Park Row Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,700 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 1971 and 2007.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1802 and 1899.

  1. American Tract Society Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Morse Building Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. New York Times Building Designated landmark
    390 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Nathan Hale Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1893
    620 feet
  2. Horace Greeley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1916
    700 feet
  3. City Hall Park Fountain Fountain, 1871
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 8 listed historic places
  • 6 public spaces
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pace University - NYC Campus College
    100 feet
  2. Spruce Street School
    200 feet
  3. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    450 feet
Show all 11
  1. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    730 feet
  2. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. Tribeca Preparatory School
    920 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  5. Barclay Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,190 feet
  6. Cope Inst Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  7. On the Record School of Reporting Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  8. Hawthorne Country Day School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Hall Park
    520 feet
  2. DeLury Square
    760 feet
  3. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    860 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at New York by Gehry Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at 33 Beekman Street Public space
    370 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,120 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at 130 William Street Public space
    810 feet
  2. Public space at 15 Cliff Street Public space
    1,200 feet
  3. Public space at 100 William Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  4. Public space at 59 Maiden Lane Public space
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital
    340 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    380 feet
  2. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. City Hall Listed historic place
    840 feet
Show all 9
  1. Park Row Building Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Fulton-Nassau Historic District Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. Insurance Company of North America Building Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  5. Woolworth Building Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  6. Municipal Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Wall St Synagogue House of worship
    350 feet
  2. John St Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    780 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Lower Manhattan Center Career or business center
    990 feet
  3. Workforce1 Healthcare Career Center Career or business center
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 6 Fire station
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Spruce 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.