Centre Street & Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Path

Centre Street and Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Path meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Horace Greeley” is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about a minute on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Centre St/Chambers St · M22
Within a walk
37 places
9 listed historic places, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Centre Street & Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    90 feet
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. City Hall R, W
    930 feet
    R W
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    0.3 miles
    2 3 A C E R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Centre St/Chambers St, 150 feet away, for the M22.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Centre St/Chambers St M22
    150 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street.

  • 50 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. Centre St & Chambers St 57 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2018
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Centre Street

  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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 seven Individual Landmarks, and 18 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1802 and 1994.

  1. Municipal Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. New York County Courthouse, Tweed Courthouse Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Court Square Building Designated landmark
    430 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
    180 feet
  2. 5 in 1 Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1974
    380 feet
  3. Nathan Hale Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1893
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 courthouses
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  3. Shirley Aninias School LLC (The) School
    1,130 feet
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  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    550 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 52 Chambers Street Pre-K center
    550 feet
  3. Chabad of Tribeca Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  4. Ya Ya Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  5. Pace University - NYC Campus College
    1,140 feet
  6. Spruce Street School
    1,150 feet
  7. New York Paralegal School Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  8. Tribeca Preparatory School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Hall Park
    80 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    560 feet
  3. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    710 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet
  3. Public space at New York by Gehry Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · landmark · listed historic place
    350 feet
  3. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    610 feet
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  1. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    680 feet
  4. City Hall Listed historic place
    700 feet
  5. African Burial Ground Listed historic place
    700 feet
  6. A. T. Stewart Company Store Listed historic place
    810 feet
  7. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    830 feet
  8. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    860 feet
  9. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    1,070 feet
  10. Building at 287 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  11. Park Row Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    900 feet
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  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,200 feet
  2. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Path or Centre Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.