South Street Seaport
The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, centered where Fulton Street meets the East River, within the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic location in Manhattan
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brooklyn Bridge and United States lightship Ambrose.
Brooklyn Bridge
United States lightship Ambrose
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The United States Lightship LV-87/WAL-512 is a riveted steel lightship built in 1907 and served at the Ambrose Channel lightship station from December 1, 1908, until 1932, and in other posts until her decommissioning in 1966.
Freedom Tower
Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Financial District and Downtown Manhattan.
Financial District
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Financial District comprises the southern tip of Manhattan, with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.
Downtown Manhattan
Quarter
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan, is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th centuries composed the entirety of the city.
Dumbo
Neighborhood
Photo: I.M. Rich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dumbo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It encompasses two sections: one situated between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area.
South Street Seaport
- Categories: neighborhood, shopping center, and tourism
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.70575° or 40° 42′ 21″ northLongitude
-74.00291° or 74° 0′ 11″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87G7PX4W+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 320948228OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
5139008Wikidata ID
Q223000
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“South Street Seaport” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “South Street Seaport”
- Cebuano: “South Street Seaport”
- Chinese: “南街海港”
- Dutch: “South Street Seaport”
- French: “South Street Seaport”
- German: “South Street Seaport”
- Indonesian: “South Street Seaport”
- Italian: “South Street Seaport”
- Japanese: “サイス・ストリート・シーポート博物館”
- Japanese: “サウス・ストリート・シーポート”
- Japanese: “サウス・ストリート・シーポート博物館”
- Japanese: “サウスストリート・シーポート”
- Korean: “사우스스트리트시포트”
- Russian: “Саут-Стрит-Сипорт”
- Spanish: “South Street Seaport”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Whitehall and Civic Center.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wavertree and Fulton Stall Market.
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