Greenwich Street & Desbrosses Street

Greenwich Street and Desbrosses Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fleming Smith Warehouse, one of eight Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 230 feet away, and Duarte Square is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them parks, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Spring St/Greenwich St · M21
Within a walk
11 places
4 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Street & Desbrosses Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 1
    950 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Spring St C, E
    0.4 miles
    C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Spring St/Greenwich St, 980 feet away, for the M21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St/Greenwich St M21
    980 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Watts St & Greenwich St 54 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 325 North End Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Desbrosses Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Desbrosses Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Greenwich Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca North Historic District.

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 79 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Utilitarian. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1909.

  1. Fleming Smith Warehouse Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. (former) American Express Company Stable Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    890 feet
  2. Citi Children's Center at 388 Greenwich Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    600 feet
  2. Canal Park
    690 feet
  3. Albert Capsouto Park
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Duarte Square
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Brown House Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 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 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Desbrosses Street or Greenwich 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.