Washington Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass

Washington Street and Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two 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 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Rector St, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, seven of them schools, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rector St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Trinity Pl/Morris St · QM65
Within a walk
44 places
7 public spaces, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rector St, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rector St R, W
    470 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Rector St 1
    480 feet
    1
  2. Bowling Green 4, 5
    830 feet
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Trinity Pl/Morris St, 500 feet away, for the QM65.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Trinity Pl/Morris St QM65
    500 feet
    QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Morris St 69 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    930 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Washington Street (east side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105767.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Eleven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1799 and 1931.

  1. 21 West Street Building Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. Downtown Athletic Club Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  3. Whitehall Building; Greater Whitehall Building Designated landmark
    330 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
    570 feet
  2. Salvation Army Monument Stele, 1952
    580 feet
  3. Bowling Green Fountain Fountain, 1992
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 7 public spaces
  • 7 schools
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 5 colleges
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 2-26 Washington Street Pre-K center
    280 feet
  2. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    470 feet
  3. Nyfa College
    470 feet
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  1. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    470 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  3. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    530 feet
  4. Relay School of Education College
    530 feet
  5. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    700 feet
  6. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    740 feet
  7. Lang School
    770 feet
  8. P.S. 150 School
    910 feet
  9. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    930 feet
  10. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    930 feet
  11. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    930 feet
  12. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    930 feet
  13. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,050 feet
  14. The King's College
    1,140 feet
  15. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    1,290 feet
  16. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    1,290 feet
  17. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Battery Park
    690 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Battery Park City Park
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    750 feet
  3. Public space at 1 Exchange Plaza Public space
    850 feet
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  1. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    920 feet
  2. Pier A Public space
    1,090 feet
  3. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,140 feet
  4. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    560 feet
  3. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    860 feet
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  1. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    880 feet
  3. Skyscraper Museum
    1,080 feet
  4. Battery Park Control House Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  5. Empire Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  6. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  7. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  8. The Sphere Public artwork
    1,250 feet
  9. City Pier A Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  10. American Merchant Mariners Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    750 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass or Washington Street.

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