West Street & Albany Street

West Street and Albany Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Saint George's Syrian Catholic Church, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 570 feet away, and Trinity Church is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Rector St, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, five of them schools, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rector St
920 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
South End Av/Albany St · M9
Within a walk
27 places
5 public spaces, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Albany Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rector St, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rector St 1
    920 feet
    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
    1,190 feet
    R W
  2. WTC Cortlandt 1
    1,230 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is South End Av/Albany St, 480 feet away, for the M9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

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. South End Ave & Albany St 45 docks in all
    490 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
    930 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022
  • Turn calming, December 2022

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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,300 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 1969 and 1987.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albany Street

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

South side of Albany Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of West Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SECURITY CHECKPOINT

West side of West Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Gothic, and built between 1799 and 1921.

  1. West Street Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Saint George's Syrian Catholic Church Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. New York Curb Exchange Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    570 feet
  2. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    570 feet
  3. Battery Park City Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
Show all 11
  1. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    570 feet
  2. High School of Economics and Finance School
    880 feet
  3. A School Without Walls School
    880 feet
  4. Leadership and Public Service High School
    880 feet
  5. Compass Charter School
    1,120 feet
  6. Green Ivy Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  7. P.S. 150 School
    1,250 feet
  8. Playto Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liberty Park
    470 feet
  2. Battery Park City Park
    770 feet
  3. Battery Park City Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    570 feet
  3. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    870 feet
  2. Public space at One Bankers Trust Plaza Public space
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    630 feet
  3. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    990 feet
  2. Trinity and United States Realty Company Buildings Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greek St Nicholas Church House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Trinity Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany Street or West Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.