Centre Street & White Street

Centre Street and White Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St is 160 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 34 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 137 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Centre Street.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
370 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Worth St/Centre St · M22
Within a walk
34 places
10 religious buildings, 6 courthouses and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Centre Street & White Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    370 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
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E

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, 870 feet away, for the M22.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.7 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

West side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs 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 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of White Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of White Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102982.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 46 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were built between 1852 and 1990.

  1. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    370 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    520 feet
  2. Abraham De Peyster Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1896
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 courthouses
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    790 feet
  3. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    1,100 feet
  2. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    260 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    460 feet
  3. Thomas Paine Park
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Columbus Park Playground
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    1,020 feet
  3. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    1,190 feet
  3. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    160 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    330 feet
  3. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,020 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    540 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    960 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 137 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Centre Street or White 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, 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.