Liberty Street is a street in

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that stretches east-west from the middle of

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almost to the

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. It borders such sites as

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, the

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, Liberty Tower, the Chamber of Commerce Building

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, Liberty Plaza Park, the World Trade Center, Brookfield Place, Gateway Plaza, Liberty Park, and the North Cove Marina. A

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Firehouse,

Engine Company 10 and Ladder Company 10 Firehouse, Engine Company 10 and Ladder Company 10, is a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, located at 124 Liberty Street across from the World Trade Center site and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in the Financial Di ...

, is located at 124 Liberty Street, directly across from the World Trade Center.

History

Before the

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, Liberty Street was known as Crown Street, which consisted of the present Liberty Street as well as the present Maiden Lane between Liberty and Pearl Streets. Its name was changed to Liberty Street in 1793, with the part east of the junction being added to Maiden Lane. Between the 1860s and the 1960s the

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's main ferry ran from the foot of the street on the

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. In the late 1960s, all buildings that ran along the north side of the street from Church Street to West Street were demolished to make way for the World Trade Center. The western portion of the street was extensively damaged by the

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. This section of the road, adjacent to the South Tower of the World Trade Center, was crushed by debris and blanketed with dust and smoke when the building collapsed at 9:59 a.m. The

Deutsche Bank Building The Deutsche Bank Building (formerly Bankers Trust Plaza) was a 39-story office building located at 130 Liberty Street in Manhattan, New York City, adjacent to the World Trade Center site. The building opened in 1974 and closed following the ...

at 130 Liberty Street sustained heavy damage and was later demolished. Other buildings on Liberty Street were also ravaged by the events. The Burger King on the corner was used as a temporary NYPD headquarters in the days following the attacks. The

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has since been redeveloped as the new World Trade Center.

Transportation

The western traffic portion of Liberty Street is used by the in both directions and the eastbound. On the eastern traffic portion, the crosses it on Trinity Place/Church Street northbound and Broadway southbound.

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Streets in Manhattan Financial District, Manhattan {{NYC-road-stub