Avenue of the Americas & York Street

Avenue of the Americas and York Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tribeca Park is 230 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 68 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Avenue of the Americas.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
140 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
25 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 140 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
    140 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
    610 feet
    1
  2. Franklin St 1
    1,090 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, 40 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
    40 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.

  • 30 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
    450 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
    1.4 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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 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 three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1884 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 172 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1866 and 1895.

  1. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Clark Building Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. Kingsland Buildings Designated landmark
    610 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
    460 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    580 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 religious buildings
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  2. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  3. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
Show all 8
  1. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  3. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  4. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    1,270 feet
  5. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tribeca Park
    230 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    340 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    450 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    480 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Museum
    920 feet
  3. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Drawing Center Museum
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. apexart Arts or cultural center
    910 feet
  2. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,020 feet
  3. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station · landmark
    740 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station · landmark
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 25 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.