Avenue of the Americas & West Broadway

Avenue of the Americas and West Broadway meet at a five-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner is also named Police Officer James D. McNaughton Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Long Distance Building stands 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
25 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West Broadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    60 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
    750 feet
    1
  2. Franklin St 1
    940 feet
    1

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, 140 feet away, for the M55, BxM18, X27 and X28.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W Broadway M55, BxM18, X27, X28 · Shelter
    140 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 and West Broadway.

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
8 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Police Officer James D. McNaughton Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Police Officer James D. McNaughton Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of West Broadway

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 197 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1865 and 1890.

  1. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Kingsland Buildings Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Clark Building Designated landmark
    530 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
    590 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,140 feet
  4. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    950 feet
  3. Drawing Center Museum
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,060 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. apexart Arts or cultural center
    760 feet
  2. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    880 feet
  3. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station · landmark
    600 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station · landmark
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 28 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas, Lispenard Street or West Broadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.