Hudson Street & Jay Street

Hudson Street and Jay Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca West Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Western Union Building, one of 13 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 150 feet away, and German School Manhattan is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Chambers St, is about three minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 96 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chambers St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Harrison St/Hudson St · M20
Within a walk
20 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 3 colleges and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hudson Street & Jay Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chambers St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chambers St 1, 2, 3
    790 feet
    1 2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin St 1
    1,010 feet
    1
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    1,310 feet
    2 3 A C E R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Harrison St/Hudson St, 330 feet away, for the M20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 63 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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 October 2020.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Hudson Street (east side).

West side of Hudson Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Jay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Jay Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102670.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca West Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 13 Individual Landmarks, and 212 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1866 and 1893.

  1. American Express Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. (former) New York Hospital Designated landmark
    120 feet
  3. Western Union Building Designated landmark
    150 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 colleges
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Washington Market School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  3. New York Law School College
    860 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  2. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  4. Kindercare Education at Work Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  5. German School Manhattan School
    1,160 feet
  6. Borough Manhattan Comm College
    1,170 feet
  7. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duane Park
    290 feet
  2. Washington Market Park Playground
    730 feet
  3. Washington Market Park
    740 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bogardus Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    740 feet
  2. Public space at Tribeca Tower Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chambers Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Cary Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  3. Archive of Contempory Music Research library
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 8 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    880 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 96 places to eat and five 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 Hudson Street or Jay 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.