Centre Street & Leonard Street

Centre Street and Leonard Street meet at a six-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. Collect Pond Park is 70 feet away, and Municipal Plaza is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, eight of them courthouses, and 79 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Centre Street.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Worth St/Centre St · M22
Within a walk
40 places
8 courthouses, 8 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Centre Street & Leonard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    870 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    870 feet
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Franklin St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Worth St/Centre St, 380 feet away, for the M22.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Worth St/Centre St M22
    380 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Worth St 120 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    200 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2025 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Centre Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Centre Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CRIMINAL COURT JUDGES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Hogan Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Hogan Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO CRIMINAL COURT ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPUTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DISTRICT ATTORNEY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were built between 1852 and 1990.

  1. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. Broadway Textile Building or the Broadway-Franklin Building Designated landmark
    710 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Abraham De Peyster Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1896
    350 feet
  2. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    490 feet
  3. Foley Square Medallions Medallions, 2000
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 8 courthouses
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    1,070 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    70 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    290 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    410 feet
Show all 5
  1. Columbus Park Playground
    670 feet
  2. City Hall Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    1,090 feet
  2. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    580 feet
  2. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library · landmark
    700 feet
  3. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
Show all 10
  1. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Building at 85 Leonard Street Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  3. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    1,190 feet
  4. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  5. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  6. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  7. Municipal Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    990 feet
  3. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    210 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    370 feet
  3. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    390 feet
Show all 8
  1. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    520 feet
  2. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Listed historic place
    790 feet
  4. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    980 feet
  5. Surrogates Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Centre Street, Hogan Place or Leonard 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.