Lafayette Street & Catherine Lane

Lafayette Street and Catherine Lane meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Abraham De Peyster” is 220 feet away, and NYC Municipal Archives is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about three minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
680 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Worth St/Centre St · M22
Within a walk
46 places
10 listed historic places, 8 courthouses and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & Catherine Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    680 feet
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    1,150 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z
  2. City Hall R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Worth St/Centre St, 300 feet away, for the M22.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Worth St/Centre St M22
    300 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Worth St 120 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    870 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Catherine Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Catherine Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 13 Individual Landmarks, and 42 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1893.

  1. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Broadway Textile Building or the Broadway-Franklin Building Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. 325-333 Broadway Building Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Thomas Paine Park.

  1. Abraham De Peyster Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1896
    220 feet
  2. Foley Square Medallions Medallions, 2000
    450 feet
  3. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 8 courthouses
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  2. New York Paralegal School Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  3. Chabad of Tribeca Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  4. Ya Ya Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  5. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  6. Shirley Aninias School LLC (The) School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Paine Park
    190 feet
  2. Collect Pond Park
    190 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Columbus Park Playground
    1,010 feet
  2. City Hall Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    930 feet
  2. Public space at Tribeca Tower Public space
    1,160 feet
  3. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    570 feet
  2. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library · landmark
    870 feet
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  1. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Building at 85 Leonard Street Listed historic place
    930 feet
  3. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    960 feet
  4. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    970 feet
  5. Building at 8 Thomas Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  6. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  7. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  8. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  9. Municipal Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  10. African Burial Ground Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  11. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    220 feet
  2. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    290 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    520 feet
Show all 8
  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    550 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    700 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Listed historic place
    950 feet
  4. Surrogates Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    980 feet
  5. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,080 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and six 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 Catherine Lane or Lafayette Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.