Duane Street & Elk Street

Duane 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, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. African Burial Ground National Monument is 90 feet away, and St Andrews RC Church is 640 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 36 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
290 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Broadway/Duane St · M55, SIM4C, SIM32, SIM34
Within a walk
41 places
10 day care or pre-K sites, 8 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Duane Street & Elk Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 290 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
    290 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
    1,190 feet
    R W
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    0.3 miles
    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 Broadway/Duane St, 520 feet away, for the M55, SIM4C, SIM32 and SIM34.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Duane St M55, SIM4C, SIM32, SIM34
    520 feet
    M55 SIM4C SIM32 SIM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. SIM4C …
  3. SIM32 …
  4. SIM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Reade St & Broadway 62 docks in all
    610 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
    660 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 four 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10007
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Duane Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Elk Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Elk Street

  • No standing 2 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 13 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 Jones Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Court Square Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. The Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Designated landmark
    360 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Foley Square.

  1. Foley Square Medallions Medallions, 2000
    290 feet
  2. Abraham De Peyster Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1896
    430 feet
  3. Horace Greeley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1916
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 listed historic places
  • 7 courthouses
  • 4 parks
  • 2 research libraries
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    280 feet
  2. New York Paralegal School Trade or language school
    600 feet
  3. Chabad of Tribeca Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
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  1. Ya Ya Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 52 Chambers Street Pre-K center
    680 feet
  3. Shirley Aninias School LLC (The) School
    690 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  5. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    740 feet
  6. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  7. Kiddie Academy of Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  8. Reade Street Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  9. The Washington Market School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  10. The Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Paine Park
    270 feet
  2. City Hall Park
    520 feet
  3. Collect Pond Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Columbus Park
    1,280 feet
  2. Columbus Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Tribeca Tower Public space
    790 feet
  2. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site · landmark
    90 feet
  2. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    310 feet
  3. African Burial Ground Listed historic place
    330 feet
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  1. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. A. T. Stewart Company Store Listed historic place
    660 feet
  4. Tweed Courthouse Listed historic place
    680 feet
  5. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    730 feet
  6. Municipal Building Listed historic place
    750 feet
  7. Building at 8 Thomas Street Listed historic place
    780 feet
  8. Building at 287 Broadway Listed historic place
    790 feet
  9. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    730 feet
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  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,070 feet
  2. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    1,100 feet
  3. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  4. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    520 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and four 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 Duane 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.