Little West Street & 2nd Place

Little West Street and 2nd Place meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 21 West Street Building, stands 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowling Green, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, three of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowling Green
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Battery Pl/3 Pl · M20
Within a walk
19 places
3 public spaces, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Little West Street & 2nd Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowling Green, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Battery Pl/3 Pl, 460 feet away, for the M20.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Battery Pl/3 Pl M20
    460 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
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. Liberty Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 2nd Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 2nd Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-6PM

West side of Little West Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco and neo-Renaissance, and built between 1902 and 1931.

  1. 21 West Street Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Downtown Athletic Club Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Whitehall Building; Greater Whitehall Building Designated landmark
    420 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Walloon Settlers Memorial Stele, 1924
    700 feet
  2. Salvation Army Monument Stele, 1952
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 museums
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Battery Park City School
    280 feet
  2. P.S. M094 School
    280 feet
  3. Green Ivy Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
Show all 7
  1. Playto Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  2. Nyfa College
    1,230 feet
  3. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  4. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Battery Park City Park
    410 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    810 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pier A Public space
    860 feet
  2. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    1,230 feet
  3. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Skyscraper Museum
    360 feet
  2. Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum
    700 feet
  3. American Merchant Mariners Memorial Monument or memorial
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    950 feet
  2. The Sphere Public artwork
    1,020 feet
  3. City Pier A Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Battery Park Slip 6 Ferry Landing
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.