Church Street & Barclay Street

Church Street and Barclay Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner is also named Pierre Toussaint Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Peters RC Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, six of them listed historic places, and 134 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Church St/Park Pl · BM1, BM2
Within a walk
36 places
6 listed historic places, 6 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Street & Barclay Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    70 feet
    2 3 A C E R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
7 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. A …
  4. C …
  5. E …
  6. R …
  7. W …
Brooklyn
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. A …
  4. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. WTC Cortlandt 1
    790 feet
    1
  2. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    820 feet
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Trade, Treasure and Travel” (1997) by Margie Hughto and “Oculus” (1998) by Kristin Jones & Andrew Ginzel at the Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church St/Park Pl, 160 feet away, for the BM1 and BM2.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church St/Park Pl BM1, BM2
    160 feet
    BM1 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM1 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Church Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Barclay Street and Church Street.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Barclay St & Church St 37 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 10 Barclay Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10007
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Pierre Toussaint Square, a co-naming enacted on June 28, 1989 (Local Law 41 of 1989).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Ten 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 Pierre Toussaint Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 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 commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, Saturday 8am to 7pm on Church Street (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 3pm on Church Street (west side).

North side of Barclay Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Barclay Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY POSTAL INSPECTORS MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100230, 100233, 100520 and 100521.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 30 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1892.

  1. Old New York Evening Post Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. New York County Lawyers' Association Building Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Woolworth Building Designated landmark
    370 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. City Hall Park Fountain Fountain, 1871
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 5 public spaces
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Dun & Bradstreet-Bus Educ Division Trade or language school
    150 feet
  3. Olivet Academy School
    300 feet
Show all 14
  1. Olivet Academy NYC School
    310 feet
  2. Barclay Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    400 feet
  3. Cope Inst Trade or language school
    460 feet
  4. On the Record School of Reporting Trade or language school
    460 feet
  5. International House New York Incorpo Trade or language school
    550 feet
  6. Hawthorne Country Day School
    730 feet
  7. School for Young Performers School
    940 feet
  8. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  9. Tribeca Preparatory School
    1,180 feet
  10. Coll New Rochelle Dist Coun 31 CMPS College
    1,250 feet
  11. German School Manhattan School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Silverstein Family Park
    560 feet
  2. City Hall Park
    570 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 30 Park Place Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at 43 Park Place Public space
    510 feet
  3. Public space at Millenium Hilton Hotel Public space
    710 feet
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  1. Public space at 101 Barclay Street Public space
    1,090 feet
  2. Public space at One Liberty Plaza Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Amsterdam Library
    800 feet
  2. Archive of Contempory Music Research library
    950 feet
  3. Park Row Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
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  1. Building at 75 Murray Street Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. New York Telephone Company Building (Barclay-Vesey Building) Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Cary Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  5. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,200 feet
  6. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    1,210 feet
  7. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    1,210 feet
  8. Corbin Building Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Perelman Performing Arts Center Theater or concert hall
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Chapel Listed historic place
    520 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Church Street Post Office Listed historic place
    150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    730 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    730 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,010 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 134 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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