Looking north towards Grand Street
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Other name(s) | LaGuardia Place |
Owner | City of New York |
Maintained by | NYCDOT |
Length | 1.4 mi (2.3 km) |
Postal code | 10017, 10013, 10012 |
Nearest metro station |
Chambers Street Franklin Street Canal Street |
South end | Vesey Street in Financial District |
North end | Washington Square South in Greenwich Village |
East |
Church Street (south of Canal) Wooster Street (north of Canal) |
West |
Greenwich Street (south of Chambers) Hudson Street (Chambers to Leonard) Varick Street (Leonard to Canal) Thompson Street (north of Canal) |
West Broadway is a north-south street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, separated into two parts by Tribeca Park. The northern part begins at Tribeca Park, near the intersection of Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), Walker Street and Beach Street in Tribeca. It runs northbound as a one-way street past Canal Street and becomes two-way at the intersection with Grand Street one block farther north. West Broadway then operates as a main north-south thoroughfare through SoHo until its northern end at Houston Street, on the border between SoHo and Greenwich Village. North of Houston Street, it is designated as LaGuardia Place, which continues until Washington Square South.
The southern part of West Broadway runs southbound from Tribeca Park through the TriBeCa neighborhood, ending at Park Place. Prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks, West Broadway continued southward into the World Trade Center site, ending at Vesey Street. It was once considered "Rotten Row".
West Broadway was once two streets: Chapel Street below Canal Street, and Laurens Street above it.