Lafayette Street & Centre Street

Lafayette Street and Centre Street meet at a five-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Surrogates Court is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, ten of them listed historic places, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Centre St/Chambers St · M22
Within a walk
43 places
10 listed historic places, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & Centre Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    100 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. City Hall R, W
    1,240 feet
    R W
  2. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    0.3 miles
    2 3 A C E 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 Centre St/Chambers St, 200 feet away, for the M22.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Centre St/Chambers St M22
    200 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street, Lafayette Street and Reade Street.

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Chambers St 57 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 10 Reade Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    250 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10007
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 190 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 1910 and 1937.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lafayette Street

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Reade Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Reade Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPT OF CITYWIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC OWNED ELECTRIC VEHICLES CHARGING ONLY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the African Burial Ground & The Commons Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 15 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1919.

  1. Court Square Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. The Jones Building Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. Municipal Building Designated landmark
    230 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in One Police Plaza.

  1. 5 in 1 Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1974
    390 feet
  2. Foley Square Medallions Medallions, 2000
    410 feet
  3. Horace Greeley Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1916
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 courthouses
  • 5 parks
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    220 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    290 feet
  3. Shirley Aninias School LLC (The) School
    810 feet
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  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 52 Chambers Street Pre-K center
    680 feet
  2. Chabad of Tribeca Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Ya Ya Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  4. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    850 feet
  5. New York Paralegal School Trade or language school
    990 feet
  6. Kiddie Academy of Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  7. Reade Street Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  8. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Paine Park
    240 feet
  2. City Hall Park
    320 feet
  3. Collect Pond Park
    1,020 feet
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  1. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Columbus Park Playground
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet
  2. Public space at Tribeca Tower Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · landmark · listed historic place
    250 feet
  3. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    350 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. African Burial Ground Listed historic place
    380 feet
  3. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Listed historic place
    460 feet
  4. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    510 feet
  5. Tweed Courthouse Listed historic place
    680 feet
  6. A. T. Stewart Company Store Listed historic place
    700 feet
  7. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    740 feet
  8. Building at 287 Broadway Listed historic place
    840 feet
  9. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    940 feet
  10. City Hall Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  11. City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  12. Building at 8 Thomas Street Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Landmark · listed historic place
    300 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    570 feet
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  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    880 feet
  2. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    1,060 feet
  3. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  4. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Manhattan Borough Command/Battalion 1/Engine 7/Ladder 1 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    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 31 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Centre Street, Lafayette Street, Reade Street or St Andrews Plaza.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.