West Street & Robert R Douglass Pedestrian Overpass

West Street and Robert R Douglass Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 8,196 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. A designated landmark, 21 West Street Building, stands 490 feet away, and John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Rector St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rector St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
West Thames St/South End Av · M9, M20
Within a walk
34 places
6 listed historic places, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Robert R Douglass Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rector St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rector St 1
    870 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
    1,030 feet
    R W
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    1,300 feet
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Thames St/South End Av, 530 feet away, for the M9 and M20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West Thames St 73 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hugh L Carey Tunnel Entrance, 720 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 8,196 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 81st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 4,540 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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

Homes

About 6,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West Thames Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Thames Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. 21 West Street Building Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. Saint George's Syrian Catholic Church Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Downtown Athletic Club Building Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Metropolitan College of NY (MCNY) College
    570 feet
  3. Language Studies International Trade or language school
    570 feet
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  1. Manhattan Institute of Management (M Trade or language school
    570 feet
  2. Green Ivy Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Playto Battery Park Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  4. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    820 feet
  5. Nyfa College
    820 feet
  6. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    820 feet
  7. District 2 Pre-K Center at 2-26 Washington Street Pre-K center
    1,000 feet
  8. Battery Park City Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  9. P.S. 150 School
    1,090 feet
  10. Battery Park City School
    1,140 feet
  11. P.S. M094 School
    1,140 feet
  12. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    1,260 feet
  13. Relay School of Education College
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Battery Park City Park
    740 feet
  2. Liberty Park
    1,280 feet
  3. The Battery Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 50 West Street Public space
    190 feet
  2. Public space at 40 Rector Street Public space
    570 feet
  3. Public space at 90 Washington Street Public space
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    820 feet
  2. Public space at W Downtown Hotel & Residences Public space
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 21 West Street Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Building at 19 Rector Street Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Skyscraper Museum
    1,080 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. West Street Building Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Empire Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  4. American Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  5. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    1,270 feet
  6. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

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 six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Robert R Douglass Pedestrian Overpass or West Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.