Broadway & Chambers Street

Broadway and Chambers Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 4,448 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Broadway Chambers Building, one of 12 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 90 feet away. The nearest subway, City Hall, is about a minute on foot, for the R and W.

Safety record
12 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
City Hall
280 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Chambers St/Broadway · M22
Within a walk
49 places
12 listed historic places, 11 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Chambers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is City Hall, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. City Hall R, W
    280 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    530 feet
    2 3 A C E R W
  2. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    850 feet
    4 5 6 J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Chambers St/Broadway, 50 feet away, for the M22.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chambers St/Broadway M22
    50 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Broadway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 6pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Reade St & Broadway 62 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 10 Reade Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2005
  • Turn calming, March 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,448 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 43rd most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 3,335 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10007
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY MAYOR'S OFFICE CITY HALL
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO CHCC
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Chambers Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY BOROUGH PRESIDENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPT OF CITYWIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Chambers Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • NYP plates only 2 signs NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 83 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1855 and 1875.

  1. Broadway Chambers Building Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. 287 Broadway Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. A. T. Stewart Store; Sun Building Designated landmark
    200 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Horace Greeley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1916
    600 feet
  2. Nathan Hale Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1893
    650 feet
  3. City Hall Park Fountain Fountain, 1871
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 public places.

  • 12 listed historic places
  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 schools
  • 3 courthouses
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad of Tribeca Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Ya Ya Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    280 feet
  3. Shirley Aninias School LLC (The) School
    300 feet
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  1. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    340 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 52 Chambers Street Pre-K center
    460 feet
  3. New York Paralegal School Trade or language school
    480 feet
  4. Kiddie Academy of Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  5. Reade Street Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  6. Hawthorne Country Day School
    780 feet
  7. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  8. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  9. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    900 feet
  10. International House New York Incorpo Trade or language school
    930 feet
  11. Barclay Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet
  12. Cope Inst Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  13. On the Record School of Reporting Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  14. The Washington Market School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  15. Olivet Academy NYC School
    1,210 feet
  16. Dun & Bradstreet-Bus Educ Division Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  17. German School Manhattan School
    1,240 feet
  18. The Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  19. Olivet Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Hall Park
    60 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Tribeca Tower Public space
    800 feet
  2. Bogardus Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet
  3. Public space at 30 Park Place Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Archive of Contempory Music Research library
    580 feet
  3. New Amsterdam Library
    660 feet
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  1. Tweed Courthouse Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. African Burial Ground Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Cary Building Listed historic place
    710 feet
  4. City Hall Listed historic place
    720 feet
  5. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · listed historic place
    720 feet
  6. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    720 feet
  7. Building at 8 Thomas Street Listed historic place
    780 feet
  8. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    810 feet
  9. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    840 feet
  10. Municipal Building Listed historic place
    850 feet
  11. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    900 feet
  12. Chambers Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    960 feet
  13. Woolworth Building Listed historic place
    960 feet
  14. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Manhattan Borough Command/Battalion 1/Engine 7/Ladder 1 Fire station
    600 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    520 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    740 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 85 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Chambers Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.