West Street & Murray Street

West Street and Murray Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Battery Park City is 380 feet away, and Nelson Rockefeller Playground is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, WTC Cortlandt, is about five 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 parks, and 66 places to eat.

Safety record
33 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
WTC Cortlandt
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Murray St/North End Av · M20
Within a walk
27 places
5 parks, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Murray Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is WTC Cortlandt, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. WTC Cortlandt 1
    1,240 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
    0.3 miles
    2 3 A C E R W
  2. Chambers St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Murray St/North End Av, 520 feet away, for the M20.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Murray St/North End Av M20
    520 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Murray Street.

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Murray St & West St (NE Corner) 61 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 325 North End Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 33 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10007
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 four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,400 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 2004 and 2008.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Murray Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Murray Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FLEO MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING BUSES WITH PERMIT ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 3 HOUR PARKING BUSES WITH PERMIT ONLY SUNDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-8PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

West side of West Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 116051.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Art Deco and Venetian-Renaissance, one each, and built between 1857 and 1927.

  1. Barclay-Vesey Building (New York Telephone Building) Designated landmark
    520 feet
  2. Hopkins Store Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 parks
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hanhnemann School of Homeopathy Trade or language school
    200 feet
  2. Coll New Rochelle Dist Coun 31 CMPS College
    360 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
Show all 11
  1. I.S. 289 School
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 89 School
    790 feet
  3. BMCC Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  4. P.S. 234 Independence School
    970 feet
  5. Big and Tiny Vesey Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  6. Stuyvesant High School
    1,190 feet
  7. German School Manhattan School
    1,230 feet
  8. Kindercare Education at Work Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Battery Park City Park
    380 feet
  2. Tribeca Dog Run Warren Street Dog run
    610 feet
  3. Washington Market Park
    820 feet
Show all 9
  1. Tribeca Dog Run Park
    820 feet
  2. Nelson Rockefeller Park Playground South Playground
    970 feet
  3. Silverstein Family Park
    1,030 feet
  4. Hudson River Park
    1,140 feet
  5. Nelson Rockefeller Playground
    1,150 feet
  6. Washington Market Park Playground
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Eleven Murray Street Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at 101 Barclay Street Public space
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Battery Park City Library
    820 feet
  2. Building at 75 Murray Street Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    760 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    730 feet

Other places

  1. Battery Park City Ferry Landing
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and nine 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 Murray Street or West Street.

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