South End Avenue & Albany Street

South End Avenue and Albany Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Liberty Park is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Rector St, is about five minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rector St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
South End Av/Albany St · M9
Within a walk
22 places
4 public spaces, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South End Avenue & Albany Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rector St 1
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. WTC Cortlandt 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is South End Av/Albany St, 90 feet away, for the M9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Albany Street and South End Avenue.

  • 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 miles
  2. Liberty Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    460 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,800 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

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albany Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Albany Street

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

East side of South End Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of South End Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101582 and 102965.

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
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Battery Park City Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    1,000 feet
  3. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
Show all 9
  1. Green Ivy Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Playto Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
  3. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  4. High School of Economics and Finance School
    1,310 feet
  5. A School Without Walls School
    1,310 feet
  6. Leadership and Public Service High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Battery Park City Park
    340 feet
  2. Liberty Park
    900 feet
  3. Battery Park City Playground
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    900 feet
  2. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    1,000 feet
  3. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,060 feet
  3. Shearwater, Sloop Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. American Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greek St Nicholas Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Albany Street or South End Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.