Chambers Street & Centre Street

Chambers Street and Centre Street 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, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Municipal Building, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 140 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 41 public places and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
180 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Centre St/Chambers St · M22
Within a walk
41 places
9 listed historic places, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chambers Street & Centre Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 180 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
    180 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
    1,010 feet
    R W
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    1,260 feet
    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, 50 feet away, for the M22.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street.

  • 49 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
    230 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
    470 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2021

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Chambers Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Chambers Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • 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 four Individual Landmarks, and 15 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1913.

  1. Municipal Building Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Court Square Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. The Jones Building Designated landmark
    390 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
    260 feet
  2. 5 in 1 Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1974
    350 feet
  3. Foley Square Medallions Medallions, 2000
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 courthouses
  • 4 parks
  • 3 research libraries
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    70 feet
  2. Shirley Aninias School LLC (The) School
    1,020 feet
  3. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
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  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    450 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 52 Chambers Street Pre-K center
    450 feet
  3. Chabad of Tribeca Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  4. Ya Ya Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  5. New York Paralegal School Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  6. Pace University - NYC Campus College
    1,240 feet
  7. Spruce Street School
    1,250 feet
  8. Kiddie Academy of Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  9. Reade Street Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Hall Park
    100 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    460 feet
  3. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    810 feet
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  1. Collect Pond Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    640 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet
  3. Public space at New York by Gehry Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · landmark · listed historic place
    240 feet
  3. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    570 feet
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  1. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Tweed Courthouse Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Listed historic place
    540 feet
  4. African Burial Ground Listed historic place
    600 feet
  5. A. T. Stewart Company Store Listed historic place
    710 feet
  6. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    710 feet
  7. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    730 feet
  8. City Hall Listed historic place
    800 feet
  9. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    970 feet
  10. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    970 feet
  11. Building at 287 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  12. Archive of Contempory Music Research library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    800 feet
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  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,100 feet
  2. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    1,290 feet
  3. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,170 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 35 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Centre Street or Chambers 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.