Harrison Street & Staple Street

Harrison Street and Staple Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. (former) New York Mercantile Exchange stands 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin St, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 81 places to eat.

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Harrison Street & Staple Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin St 1
    890 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chambers St 1, 2, 3
    1,200 feet
    1 2 3
  2. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Harrison St/Hudson St, 60 feet away, for the M20.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harrison St/Hudson St M20
    60 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Harrison St & Hudson St 39 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 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
    1.5 miles

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 July 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of Harrison Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Staple Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Staple Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca West Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 13 Individual Landmarks, and 213 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1896.

  1. (former) New York Mercantile Exchange Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. Maltz-Franklin Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  3. Engine Company No. 27 Designated landmark
    180 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Washington Market School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  3. Borough Manhattan Comm College
    780 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Citi Children's Center at 388 Greenwich Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  4. New York Law School College
    1,010 feet
  5. Kindercare Education at Work Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  6. The Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  7. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duane Park
    530 feet
  2. Washington Market Park Playground
    830 feet
  3. Washington Market Park
    840 feet
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  1. Hudson River Park
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bogardus Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet
  2. Public space at Salomon Smith Barney Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chambers Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 310 Greenwich Street Older adult center
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 8 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    480 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.