Hudson Street & Laight Street

Hudson Street and Laight Street meet at a five-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The fountain “Canal Waterworks” is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them parks, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Hudson St/North Moore St · M20
Within a walk
18 places
5 parks, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hudson Street & Laight Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    850 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
    940 feet
    1
  2. Franklin St 1
    0.3 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, 720 feet away, for the M20.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hudson St/North Moore St M20
    720 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Laight St & Hudson St 87 docks in all
    170 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
    1.2 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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1897 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hudson Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hudson Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

North side of Laight Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Laight Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca North Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 112 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
    190 feet
  2. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    630 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Capsouto Park.

  1. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    600 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 career or business center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  3. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Citi Children's Center at 388 Greenwich Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    670 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    1,050 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Tribeca Park
    1,170 feet
  3. Tribeca Dog Run Hudson River Park Dog run
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    860 feet
  2. Public space at Salomon Smith Barney Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,130 feet
  2. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  3. Fleming Smith Warehouse Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,120 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 51 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Holland Tunnel, Hudson 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.