Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance & Albany Street

Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance and Albany Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Rector St, is about four minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, five of them schools, and 67 places to eat. About 6,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1969 and 1987, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rector St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
South End Av/Albany St · M9
Within a walk
27 places
5 public spaces, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance & Albany Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rector St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rector St 1
    960 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Rector St R, W
    1,230 feet
    R W
  2. WTC Cortlandt 1
    1,280 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is South End Av/Albany St, 440 feet away, for the M9.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. South End Av/Albany St M9
    440 feet
    M9

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. South End Ave & Albany St 45 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. Liberty Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    840 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2018.

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
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1969 and 1987.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albany Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Albany Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of West Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SECURITY CHECKPOINT

West side of West Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Gothic, and built between 1799 and 1921.

  1. West Street Building Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. Saint George's Syrian Catholic Church Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. New York Curb Exchange Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 5 public spaces
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Battery Park City Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    620 feet
  3. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    620 feet
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  1. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    620 feet
  2. High School of Economics and Finance School
    930 feet
  3. A School Without Walls School
    930 feet
  4. Leadership and Public Service High School
    930 feet
  5. Compass Charter School
    1,170 feet
  6. Green Ivy Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  7. Playto Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  8. P.S. 150 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liberty Park
    520 feet
  2. Battery Park City Park
    720 feet
  3. Battery Park City Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    520 feet
  2. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    620 feet
  3. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    920 feet
  2. Public space at One Bankers Trust Plaza Public space
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    680 feet
  3. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    1,040 feet
  2. Trinity and United States Realty Company Buildings Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greek St Nicholas Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Trinity Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.