West Street & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel

West Street and Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Downtown Athletic Club Building, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Rector St, is about four minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Rector St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
West Thames St/South End Av · M9, M20
Within a walk
35 places
7 public spaces, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rector St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rector St R, W
    1,020 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
    1,040 feet
    1
  2. Bowling Green 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Thames St/South End Av, 700 feet away, for the M9 and M20.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Thames St/South End Av M9, M20 · Shelter
    700 feet
    M9 M20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West Thames St 73 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, Federal and neo-Renaissance, and built between 1799 and 1931.

  1. 21 West Street Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Downtown Athletic Club Building Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Whitehall Building; Greater Whitehall Building Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 7 public spaces
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 colleges
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    650 feet
  3. Nyfa College
    650 feet
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  1. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    650 feet
  2. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    740 feet
  3. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    740 feet
  4. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    740 feet
  5. District 2 Pre-K Center at 2-26 Washington Street Pre-K center
    830 feet
  6. Green Ivy Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  7. Playto Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  8. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    1,090 feet
  9. Relay School of Education College
    1,090 feet
  10. Battery Park City Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  11. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  12. P.S. 150 School
    1,260 feet
  13. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,300 feet
  14. Battery Park City School
    1,310 feet
  15. P.S. M094 School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Battery Park City Park
    910 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    360 feet
  2. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    650 feet
  3. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    740 feet
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  1. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    760 feet
  2. Pier A Public space
    1,190 feet
  3. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    1,200 feet
  4. Public space at 45 Broadway Atrium Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. Skyscraper Museum
    940 feet
  3. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    1,100 feet
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  1. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,120 feet
  4. West Street Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  5. Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel or West Street.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, 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.