Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Battery Park Underpass

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and Battery Park Underpass meet at a four-way crossing in The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “East Coast Memorial” is 70 feet away, and the sculpture “The Immigrants” is 430 feet away. NYC Parks records 124 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Battery Park Underpass

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 April 2022.

About this corner

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 124 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1793 and 1811.

  1. Castle Clinton Designated landmark
    610 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. East Coast Memorial Statue by Albino Manca, 1963
    70 feet
  2. John Wolfe Ambrose Bust by Andrew O'Connor, Jr. and Frederick George Richard Roth, 1936
    430 feet
  3. The Immigrants Sculpture by Luis Sanguino, 1983
    430 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, US Department of Energy, NYC City Planning, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.