Chambers Street & Elk Street

Chambers Street and Elk 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. City Hall Park is 50 feet away, and New York County Courthouse, Tweed Courthouse stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
410 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Centre St/Chambers St · M22
Within a walk
39 places
10 listed historic places, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chambers Street & Elk Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes 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
    410 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
    770 feet
    R W
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    1,020 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, 270 feet away, for the M22.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Chambers St 57 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.4 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
    720 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of Chambers Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY BOROUGH PRESIDENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPT OF CITYWIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Elk Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Elk Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 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 11 Individual Landmarks, and 33 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1900.

  1. The Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. New York County Courthouse, Tweed Courthouse Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Court Square Building Designated landmark
    320 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
    220 feet
  2. Nathan Hale Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1893
    590 feet
  3. 5 in 1 Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1974
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 parks
  • 3 research libraries
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 52 Chambers Street Pre-K center
    200 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  3. Shirley Aninias School LLC (The) School
    780 feet
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  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    420 feet
  2. Chabad of Tribeca Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Ya Ya Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  4. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    820 feet
  5. New York Paralegal School Trade or language school
    960 feet
  6. Kiddie Academy of Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  7. Reade Street Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  8. Hawthorne Country Day School
    1,260 feet
  9. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Hall Park
    50 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    710 feet
  3. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet
  2. Public space at Tribeca Tower Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · landmark · listed historic place
    230 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    320 feet
  3. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    500 feet
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  1. African Burial Ground Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    360 feet
  3. Municipal Building Listed historic place
    360 feet
  4. A. T. Stewart Company Store Listed historic place
    460 feet
  5. Building at 287 Broadway Listed historic place
    750 feet
  6. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    790 feet
  7. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    960 feet
  8. City Hall Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  9. Archive of Contempory Music Research library
    1,060 feet
  10. New Amsterdam Library
    1,140 feet
  11. Cary Building Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  12. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  13. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    1,210 feet
  14. Building at 8 Thomas Street Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Manhattan Borough Command/Battalion 1/Engine 7/Ladder 1 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 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 36 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chambers Street or Elk Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.