The Charging Bull sculpture stands at the north end of Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan, at the intersection of Broadway and Morris Street. It's one of the most photographed objects in New York City and draws visitors from every country that has a financial market. The NYCDOT cameras covering Broadway in this area, combined with feeds on Water Street, Whitehall, and West Street, give a continuous real-time view of the Financial District and the streets surrounding the bull.
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Watch the live cameraThe Charging Bull and Its Location
Arturo Di Modica placed the bronze bull on Broad Street near the New York Stock Exchange in December 1989, after the 1987 market crash. The city removed it, and it was relocated to its current position at Bowling Green, where it has been a permanent installation since then. The sculpture weighs about 7,100 pounds and is approximately 11 feet tall and 16 feet long.
Bowling Green is the oldest public park in New York City, a small oval space at the foot of Broadway surrounded by iron fence posts dating to the colonial period. The park sits at the point where Broadway originates and runs north along its entire Manhattan length.
The Broadway @ Morris Street camera covers the stretch of Broadway immediately adjacent to this area, showing the foot traffic and vehicle patterns around one of Lower Manhattan's most concentrated tourist destinations.
What the Financial District Cameras Show
The Financial District camera network covers a compressed but dense geography. The streets here are among the narrowest in Manhattan because they predate the grid plan that organizes the rest of the island. Broadway, Wall Street, Broad Street, Water Street, and their intersecting cross streets form a maze that the camera feeds show from multiple angles.
Broadway @ Battery Place: Battery Place is the last cross street before Broadway reaches Battery Park at the southern tip. The camera here shows the final block of Broadway with the park visible at the end of the frame. This is one of the southern-most camera positions in Manhattan.
Water Street @ Whitehall: Water Street runs along the east side of the Financial District, and the Whitehall intersection is near the Staten Island Ferry terminal. The camera here shows heavy pedestrian traffic during the morning and evening ferry rush.
West Street @ Battery Place: West Street runs along the Manhattan waterfront, parallel to the Hudson River. The camera at Battery Place shows the transition from the Financial District's street grid to the Hudson River Park greenway.
The Wall Street Block Itself
Wall Street runs one block east from Broadway to the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street. The NYSE building, with its classical columns and American flags, is one of the most recognized facades in the world. Camera feeds on Broadway at the Wall Street intersection show the approach to this block.
The NYSE does not have visitors on its trading floor, and the exterior is photographed constantly by tourists. The camera feed captures this at human scale: the steady stream of people stopping to photograph the building's facade, the security presence, the delivery vehicles that supply the Financial District's office buildings.
Morning Rush in the Financial District
The Financial District has a distinctive daily rhythm that is visible on camera. Between 7:30 and 9 a.m. on weekdays, the streets fill rapidly as workers arrive by subway (Fulton Street serves the A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5 lines; Wall Street has the 4, 5; Rector Street has the 1, R, W). The feeds show the directional flow — nearly all movement in this period is toward office buildings, with minimal counter-traffic.
By 5 p.m. the direction reverses. Workers leave in waves, the subway entrances at Fulton and Wall Street pull large crowds, and by 7 p.m. the Financial District is noticeably quieter than most of Manhattan.
Weekends in the Financial District are a complete reversal of the weekday pattern. The office buildings are empty, the tourist population takes over, and the camera feeds show a very different density and type of pedestrian around the Charging Bull, the New York Stock Exchange, and the museums and landmarks of Lower Manhattan.
Battery Park and the Waterfront
Just south of the Financial District, Battery Park sits at the southern tip of Manhattan. The park holds the ferry terminal for the Staten Island Ferry (the free, daily service) and the ticketing for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island ferries. Camera feeds near Battery Place and West Street show the steady flow of ferry passengers on weekdays and the tourist concentration on weekends.
The NYCDOT camera at Broadway and Battery Place gives a view south toward the park and the harbor beyond it. On clear days the camera shows the water visible at the end of Broadway.
Watching the Financial District During Market Hours
The NYSE trading floor is not visible from any public street camera, but the energy of market hours is occasionally detectable in the street activity around it. On days of significant market movement, news crews sometimes set up near the Exchange's facade, and the camera feed shows the production equipment and reporters visible on the Broad Street exterior.
This is a subtle signal but a real one. The Financial District's street level is usually steady and predictable; departures from that baseline are visible on the feeds in real time.
*The NYC Live Command Center carries NYCDOT camera feeds across the Financial District, including Broadway near Bowling Green, Water Street, and the Battery Park waterfront.*