West Street & Liberty Street Pedestrian Overpass

West Street and Liberty Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. West Street Building stands 330 feet away. The nearest subway, WTC Cortlandt, is about four minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 68 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1983 and 1986, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
WTC Cortlandt
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
South End Av/Albany St · M9, M20
Within a walk
24 places
5 public spaces, 3 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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West Street & Liberty Street Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is WTC Cortlandt, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. WTC Cortlandt 1
    990 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    1,100 feet
    2 3 A C E R W
  2. Rector St 1
    1,280 feet
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CHORUS” (2018) by Ann Hamilton at the WTC Cortlandt station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is South End Av/Albany St, 800 feet away, for the M9 and M20.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. South End Av/Albany St M9, M20
    800 feet
    M9 M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West St & Liberty St 48 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 miles
  2. Liberty Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1,260 feet
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2018.

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1983 and 1986.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built between 1905 and 1907.

  1. West Street Building Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    930 feet
  2. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    930 feet
  3. Battery Park City Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 8
  1. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. High School of Economics and Finance School
    1,120 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  4. A School Without Walls School
    1,230 feet
  5. Leadership and Public Service High School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liberty Park
    280 feet
  2. Battery Park City Park
    550 feet
  3. Battery Park City Playground
    910 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Bankers Trust Plaza Public space
    650 feet
  2. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    820 feet
  3. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    930 feet
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  1. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    1,150 feet
  2. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    270 feet
  2. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    630 feet
  3. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Shearwater, Sloop Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. American Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Perelman Performing Arts Center Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greek St Nicholas Church House of worship
    450 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 10/Ladder 10 Fire station
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,320 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 places to eat and two 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Liberty Street Pedestrian Overpass or West 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 Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.