Franklin Street & Benson Place

Franklin Street and Benson Place meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Ahrens Building, one of nine Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about four minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, five of them courthouses, and 65 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Broadway/Franklin St · M55
Within a walk
29 places
5 courthouses, 5 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Street & Benson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    1,030 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
    1,290 feet
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Franklin St 1
    1,300 feet
    1

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 Broadway/Franklin St, 300 feet away, for the M55.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Franklin St M55
    300 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Leonard St & Church St 46 docks in all
    980 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer 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 May 2026.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

West side of Benson Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPT OF CITYWIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca East Historic District.

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 130 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1880.

  1. Broadway Textile Building or the Broadway-Franklin Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. 359 Broadway Building Designated landmark
    390 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Abraham De Peyster Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1896
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 5 courthouses
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    890 feet
  2. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,090 feet
  3. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    290 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    800 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    320 feet
  2. Public space at Tribeca Tower Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. Building at 85 Leonard Street Listed historic place
    620 feet
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  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Building at 8 Thomas Street Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    770 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    630 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    230 feet
  2. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    300 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    430 feet
Show all 5
  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    620 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,210 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Benson Place or Franklin 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.