Centre Street & Walker Street

Centre Street and Walker Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner is also named Harold Lui Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 270 feet away, and Thomas Paine Park is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6, J, N and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places and 143 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Broadway/Walker St · X27, X28
Within a walk
32 places
9 religious buildings, 5 courthouses and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Centre Street & Walker Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    80 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. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

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 Broadway/Walker St, 770 feet away, for the X27 and X28.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Walker St X27, X28
    770 feet
    X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

  1. X27 …
  2. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street.

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walker St & Baxter St 47 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
13 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Harold Lui Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1920.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Harold Lui Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Walker Street (south side).

East side of Centre Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 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 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CRIMINAL COURT JUDGES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Walker Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102982, 102983 and 106881.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 65 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1885.

  1. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    560 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 courthouses
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    810 feet
  3. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    960 feet
  2. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    550 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    740 feet
  3. Thomas Paine Park
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    730 feet
  3. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. Italian American Museum
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    440 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    620 feet
  3. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    290 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 143 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Centre Street or Walker Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.