Washington Street is a north–south street in theNew York Cityborough ofManhattan. It runs in several distinct pieces, from its northernmost end at14th Street in theMeatpacking District to its southern end at Battery Place inBattery Park City. Washington Street is, for most of its length, the westernmost street inlower Manhattan other thanWest Street. The exceptions are a one-block segment in theWest Village whereWeehawken Street lies between West and Washington Streets, and in Battery Park City.

Main east–west streets crossed include (from north to south)Christopher Street,Houston Street andCanal Street; neighborhoods traversed include the Meatpacking District, theWest Village,Hudson Square andTribeca. At points north of Canal Street, traffic on Washington Street travels south; at points south of Canal Street, it travels north.

Washington Street was named forGeorge Washington, firstPresident of the United States. The land under the street was owned byTrinity Church, and was ceded to the city in 1808.^[1]

Until the 1940s, a stretch of Washington Street, especially from Battery Place to Rector Street, was the home of the city'sLittle Syria neighborhood, which consisted primarily ofChristian Arabimmigrants from present dayLebanon andSyria. The neighborhood and its homes, then described byThe New York Times as the "heart of New York's Arab world", were condemned and razed to make way for the approaches to theBrooklyn-Battery Tunnel, which opened in 1950.^[2]

At the current location of theWorld Trade Center site, Washington Street once ran through a neighborhood calledRadio Row, which specialized in selling radio parts. The neighborhood was demolished in 1962, when the area was condemned to make way for theconstruction of theWorld Trade Center. Much of Washington Street's route within this area, from Hubert Street inTribeca to Albany Street south of the currentWorld Trade Center, has since been demolished except for a one-block segment between Barclay and Vesey Streets.^[3] In the first decade of the 21st century, another one-block segment of Washington Street in Tribeca still ran from Warren to Murray Street.^[4]101 Warren Street was being developed on the site by 2006,^[5] replacing that remaining section of Washington Street.^[6]

• 7 World Trade Center – a skyscraper built on the site ofone of the same name destroyed in theSeptember 11 attacks
• 130 Cedar Street – luxury hotel
• High Line –linear park
• Newgate Prison – the state's firstpenitentiary from 1797 to 1829
• The Standard, High Line – luxury hotel
• Verizon Building – residential building between Barclay andVesey Streets
• Washington Street Plaza – pedestrian plaza between Carlisle and Albany Streets
• Westbeth Artists Community (formerlyBell Laboratories Building) – formerBell Labs facility converted to residential and artists' spaces
• West Village Houses – aJane Jacobs inspired set of infill buildings constructed in lieu of large apartment blocks

Because Washington Street is so far west, public transportation in the immediate area is scarce. The crosstownM8bus crosses Washington Street in both directions, westbound on Christopher Street and eastbound on West 10th Street; the crosstownM21 bus runs south on Washington Street between Houston Street andSpring Street before turning back east.

Subway stations nearest to Washington Street include (from north to south) the14th Street – Eighth Avenue station on theIND Eighth Avenue Line and theBMT Canarsie Line (A, ​C, ​E​, and L trains) and theChristopher Street – Sheridan Square,Houston Street,Canal Street andFranklin Street stations on theIRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line (1 and ​2 trains).

Wikimedia Commons has media related toWashington Street (Manhattan).

• Washington Street: A New York Songline – virtual walking tour
• Save Washington Street – A campaign to preserve the remnant of lower Washington Street in Manhattan

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