Greenwich Street & Laight Street

Greenwich Street and Laight 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Castree Building stands 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about five minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Hudson St/North Moore St · M20
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwich Street & Laight Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    1,280 feet
    A C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Franklin St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Gathering” (2001) by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hudson St/North Moore St, 1,150 feet away, for the M20.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hudson St/North Moore St M20
    1,150 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington St & Laight St 63 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 325 North End Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the shingle oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

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 ANYTIME

North side of Laight Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Laight Street

  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca North Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 102 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Utilitarian. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1909.

  1. (former) American Express Company Stable Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Fleming Smith Warehouse Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Castree Building Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 dog run

Schools and child care

  1. Citi Children's Center at 388 Greenwich Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    620 feet
  2. Tribeca Dog Run Hudson River Park Dog run
    870 feet
  3. Albert Capsouto Park
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Canal Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Salomon Smith Barney Public space
    880 feet
  2. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,090 feet

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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greenwich Street or Laight 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.