Washington Street & Battery Place

Washington Street and Battery Place meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The stele “Walloon Settlers Memorial” is 50 feet away, and Whitehall Building; Greater Whitehall Building stands 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowling Green, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, nine of them schools, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowling Green
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Battery Pl/Washington St · SIM2
Within a walk
40 places
9 schools, 6 public spaces and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Battery Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowling Green, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowling Green 4, 5
    310 feet
    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
    820 feet
    1 R W
  2. Rector St R, W
    870 feet
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Battery Pl/Washington St, 30 feet away, for the SIM2.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Battery Pl/Washington St SIM2
    30 feet
    SIM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM2 …

Live arrivals

Battery Place carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Battery Pl 52 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    680 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2015
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10004
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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 1902 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Battery Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 2AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105767.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, Beaux-Arts and neo-Renaissance, and built between 1808 and 1931.

  1. Whitehall Building; Greater Whitehall Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. International Mercantile Marine Company Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Interborough Rapid Transit System, Battery Park Control House Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Walloon Settlers Memorial Stele, 1924
    50 feet
  2. Salvation Army Monument Stele, 1952
    110 feet
  3. Bowling Green Fountain Fountain, 1992
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 6 public spaces
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 museums
  • 3 parks
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    260 feet
  2. Nyfa College
    260 feet
  3. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    260 feet
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  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 2-26 Washington Street Pre-K center
    390 feet
  2. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    570 feet
  3. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    770 feet
  4. Relay School of Education College
    770 feet
  5. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  6. Lang School
    990 feet
  7. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,020 feet
  8. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  9. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,070 feet
  10. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,070 feet
  11. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,070 feet
  12. Battery Park City School
    1,150 feet
  13. P.S. M094 School
    1,150 feet
  14. P.S. 150 School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Battery Park
    170 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Battery Park City Park
    550 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    260 feet
  2. Pier A Public space
    560 feet
  3. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    940 feet
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  1. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    1,070 feet
  2. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    1,150 feet
  3. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    330 feet
  2. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    650 feet
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  1. The Sphere Public artwork
    730 feet
  2. City Pier A Listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. American Merchant Mariners Memorial Monument or memorial
    760 feet
  4. Skyscraper Museum
    760 feet
  5. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    840 feet
  6. Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum
    1,000 feet
  7. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Battery Park Slip 6 Ferry Landing
    890 feet
  2. Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Terminal Ferry landing
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Battery Place or Washington Street.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.