Battery Park Underpass & Battery Park Path

Battery Park Underpass and Battery Park Path meet at a four-way crossing in The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island, Manhattan. The corner stands inside The Battery. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “New York Korean War Veterans Memorial” is 110 feet away, and the Sphere is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowling Green, is about three minutes on foot, for the 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, three of them ferry landings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowling Green
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Battery Pl/Washington St · M20, X27, X28
Within a walk
21 places
3 ferry landings, 3 museums and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Battery Park Underpass & Battery Park Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowling Green, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowling Green 4, 5
    760 feet
    4 5

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    1,280 feet
    1 R W
  2. Rector St R, W
    0.4 miles
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Battery Pl/Washington St, 700 feet away, for the M20, X27 and X28.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Battery Pl/Washington St M20, X27, X28
    700 feet
    M20 X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …
  2. X27 …
  3. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Little West St & 1 Pl 35 docks in all
    990 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  2. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10004
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 122 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and mostly built between 1882 and 1904.

  1. Castle Clinton Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Whitehall Building; Greater Whitehall Building Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. Interborough Rapid Transit System, Battery Park Control House Designated landmark
    590 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. New York Korean War Veterans Memorial Sculpture by Mac Adams, 1991
    110 feet
  2. Walloon Settlers Memorial Stele, 1924
    370 feet
  3. The Immigrants Sculpture by Luis Sanguino, 1983
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 3 ferry landings
  • 3 museums
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 9 other places

This corner stands inside The Battery.

Schools and child care

  1. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    1,200 feet
  2. Nyfa College
    1,200 feet
  3. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Battery Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Battery Park City Park
    730 feet
  3. Admiral Dewey Promenade in The Battery Park feature
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Battery Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pier A Landmark
    310 feet
  2. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    130 feet
  2. The Sphere Public artwork
    150 feet
  3. City Pier A Listed historic place
    480 feet
Show all 8
  1. American Merchant Mariners Memorial Monument or memorial
    310 feet
  2. Castle Clinton National Monument Historic site · listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Skyscraper Museum
    1,030 feet
  4. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  5. Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Battery Park Slip 6 Ferry Landing
    370 feet
  2. Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Terminal Ferry landing
    410 feet
  3. Liberty Island Ferry Landing Manhattan Side Ferry landing
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat.

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 corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Battery Park Underpass.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, US Department of Energy, NYC City Planning, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.