Battery Place & Little West Street

Battery Place and Little West Street meet at a three-way junction 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. The Battery is 200 feet away, and American Merchant Mariners Memorial is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowling Green, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, four of them listed historic places, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowling Green
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Battery Pl/West St · M20
Within a walk
29 places
4 listed historic places, 3 colleges and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Battery Place & Little West Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowling Green, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowling Green 4, 5
    780 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
    1,300 feet
    1 R W
  2. Rector St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Battery Pl/West St, 40 feet away, for the M20.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Battery Pl/West St M20
    40 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10280
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Battery Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Little West Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

West side of Little West Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

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, recorded most often as Art Deco, and mostly built between 1882 and 1930.

  1. Whitehall Building; Greater Whitehall Building Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Castle Clinton Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. Downtown Athletic Club Building Designated landmark
    680 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
    310 feet
  2. Walloon Settlers Memorial Stele, 1924
    470 feet
  3. Salvation Army Monument Stele, 1952
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 ferry landings
  • 3 museums
  • 3 parks
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    630 feet
  2. Nyfa College
    630 feet
  3. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    630 feet
Show all 10
  1. Battery Park City School
    670 feet
  2. P.S. M094 School
    670 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  4. District 2 Pre-K Center at 2-26 Washington Street Pre-K center
    870 feet
  5. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  6. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    1,250 feet
  7. Relay School of Education College
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Battery Park
    200 feet
  2. Battery Park City Park
    240 feet
  3. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    920 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pier A Landmark
    250 feet
  2. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Skyscraper Museum
    330 feet
  2. American Merchant Mariners Memorial Monument or memorial
    350 feet
  3. The Sphere Public artwork
    420 feet
Show all 10
  1. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    350 feet
  2. City Pier A Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum
    530 feet
  4. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    890 feet
  5. Battery Park Control House Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  6. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  7. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Battery Park Slip 6 Ferry Landing
    580 feet
  2. Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Terminal Ferry landing
    990 feet
  3. Liberty Island Ferry Landing Manhattan Side Ferry landing
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Battery Place or Little West Street.

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