Beach Street & St Johns Lane

Beach Street and St Johns Lane meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. (former) Merchants' Refrigerating Company stands 340 feet away, and Jackie Robinson Museum is 1,220 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 23 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
330 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
23 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Street & St Johns Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 330 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
    330 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. Franklin St 1
    680 feet
    1
  2. Canal St 1
    980 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, 410 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
    410 feet
    M55 BxM18 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 September 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 two 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 1881 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of St Johns Lane

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of St Johns Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 176 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1866 and 1899.

  1. (former) Merchants' Refrigerating Company Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Department of Water Supply, Gas & Electricity Headquarters Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    400 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Capsouto Park.

  1. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 3 museums
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 2 colleges
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,110 feet
Show all 7
  1. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  2. Citi Children's Center at 388 Greenwich Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  4. New York Law School College
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tribeca Park
    40 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    570 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,210 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Drawing Center Museum
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,000 feet
  2. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,150 feet
  3. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    560 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station · landmark
    330 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station · landmark
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 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 72 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Street or St Johns Lane.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.