West Street & Battery Park Underpass

West Street and Battery Park Underpass meet at a five-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument is 170 feet away, and Castle Clinton stands 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Bowling Green, is about two minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, five of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bowling Green
600 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Battery Pl/West St · M20
Within a walk
34 places
5 schools, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Battery Park Underpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bowling Green, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowling Green 4, 5
    600 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
    1,110 feet
    1 R W
  2. Rector St R, W
    1,160 feet
    R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Battery Pl/West St, 220 feet away, for the M20.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Battery Pl/West St M20
    220 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Little West St & 1 Pl 35 docks in all
    440 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
    950 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 126 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Battery Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Battery Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Battery Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, and built between 1808 and 1931.

  1. Whitehall Building; Greater Whitehall Building Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Castle Clinton Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. Downtown Athletic Club Building Designated landmark
    590 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. New York Korean War Veterans Memorial Sculpture by Mac Adams, 1991
    280 feet
  2. Walloon Settlers Memorial Stele, 1924
    280 feet
  3. Salvation Army Monument Stele, 1952
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 ferry landings
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    440 feet
  2. Nyfa College
    440 feet
  3. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    440 feet
Show all 12
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 2-26 Washington Street Pre-K center
    680 feet
  3. Battery Park City School
    860 feet
  4. P.S. M094 School
    860 feet
  5. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    860 feet
  6. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    1,060 feet
  7. Relay School of Education College
    1,060 feet
  8. Lang School
    1,280 feet
  9. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Battery Park
    220 feet
  2. Battery Park City Park
    260 feet
  3. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    730 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pier A Landmark
    270 feet
  2. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    440 feet
  3. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    170 feet
  2. The Sphere Public artwork
    440 feet
  3. City Pier A Listed historic place
    460 feet
Show all 11
  1. American Merchant Mariners Memorial Monument or memorial
    470 feet
  2. Skyscraper Museum
    480 feet
  3. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    700 feet
  4. Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum
    720 feet
  5. Battery Park Control House Listed historic place
    880 feet
  6. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    930 feet
  7. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    940 feet
  8. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Battery Park Slip 6 Ferry Landing
    600 feet
  2. Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Terminal Ferry landing
    1,010 feet
  3. Liberty Island Ferry Landing Manhattan Side Ferry landing
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Battery Park Underpass, Battery Place 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 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.