Liberty Street & Liberty Street Pedestrian Overpass

Liberty Street and Liberty Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Liberty Park is 210 feet away, and Red Cube is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, WTC Cortlandt, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
WTC Cortlandt
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
South End Av/Albany St · M9, M20
Within a walk
26 places
4 listed historic places, 4 public spaces and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Liberty Street & Liberty Street Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is WTC Cortlandt, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. WTC Cortlandt 1
    800 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    910 feet
    2 3 A C E R W
  2. Rector St 1
    1,280 feet
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CHORUS” (2018) by Ann Hamilton at the WTC Cortlandt station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is South End Av/Albany St, 820 feet away, for the M9 and M20.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. South End Av/Albany St M9, M20
    820 feet
    M9 M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M20 …

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. West St & Liberty St 48 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.8 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
    530 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10006
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,000 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 1983 and 1986.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built between 1905 and 1907.

  1. West Street Building Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 public spaces
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High School of Economics and Finance School
    930 feet
  2. A School Without Walls School
    1,050 feet
  3. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    1,120 feet
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  1. Leadership and Public Service High School
    1,050 feet
  2. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  4. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Battery Park City Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  6. Compass Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liberty Park
    210 feet
  2. Battery Park City Park
    570 feet
  3. Battery Park City Playground
    930 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Bankers Trust Plaza Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    1,010 feet
  3. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    1,120 feet
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  1. Public space at One Liberty Plaza Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    200 feet
  2. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    480 feet
  3. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    960 feet
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  1. Shearwater, Sloop Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. American Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Trinity and United States Realty Company Buildings Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  4. Red Cube Public artwork
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Perelman Performing Arts Center Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greek St Nicholas Church House of worship
    380 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    90 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 places to eat and five food stores.

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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Liberty Street or Liberty Street Pedestrian Overpass.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.