Avenue of the Americas & Laight Street

Avenue of the Americas and Laight Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Grand Canal Court is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, four of them parks, and 72 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Avenue of the Americas.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
120 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
25 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & Laight Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    120 feet
    A C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 1
    350 feet
    1
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    1,230 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Gathering” (2001) by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W Broadway, 300 feet away, for the M55, BxM18, X27 and X28.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W Broadway M55, BxM18, X27, X28 · Shelter
    300 feet
    M55 BxM18 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. BxM18 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X28 …

Live arrivals

Avenue of the Americas carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & Walker St 39 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1895 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 117 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were built between 1800 and 1986.

  1. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    710 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Capsouto Park.

  1. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    260 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 museums
  • 3 schools
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  2. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 7
  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    1,020 feet
  2. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    1,220 feet
  4. NYC Ischool School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    90 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    200 feet
  3. Grand Canal Court Park
    220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tribeca Park
    490 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Museum
    660 feet
  3. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. Drawing Center Museum
    940 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    910 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,160 feet
  3. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station · landmark
    940 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or Laight Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.