Franklin Street & Cortlandt Alley

Franklin Street and Cortlandt Alley meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca East Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Broadway Textile Building or the Broadway-Franklin Building stands 90 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 30 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 62 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Broadway/Franklin St · M55
Within a walk
30 places
6 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Street & Cortlandt Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 1,010 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
    1,010 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. Franklin St 1
    1,260 feet
    1
  2. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

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, 260 feet away, for the M55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Leonard St & Church St 46 docks in all
    940 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
    1.7 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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2020.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cortlandt Alley

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Cortlandt Alley

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of Franklin Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

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 140 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1876.

  1. Broadway Textile Building or the Broadway-Franklin Building Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. 359 Broadway Building Designated landmark
    350 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
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  3. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,050 feet
  3. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  4. New York Paralegal School Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    330 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    840 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    280 feet
  2. Public space at Tribeca Tower Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Building at 85 Leonard Street Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Building at 8 Thomas Street Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    730 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    260 feet
  2. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    300 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    480 feet
Show all 4
  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,170 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 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 Cortlandt Alley 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.