Lafayette Street & Franklin Street

Lafayette Street and Franklin Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner is also named Captain William Thompson Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Collect Pond Park is 50 feet away, and Museum of Chinese in America is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6, J, N and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Broadway/Franklin St · M55
Within a walk
31 places
6 religious buildings, 5 courthouses and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & Franklin Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    790 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    1,050 feet
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Franklin St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Franklin St, 540 feet away, for the M55.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Franklin St M55
    540 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 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
    880 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,240 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 six crashes 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 December 2024.

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
12 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Captain William Thompson Corner, a co-naming enacted on May 23, 2006 (Local Law 13 of 2006).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Captain William Thompson Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Franklin Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Franklin Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 3AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY FAMILY COURT MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 69 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1882.

  1. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. Broadway Textile Building or the Broadway-Franklin Building Designated landmark
    360 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
    570 feet
  2. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    710 feet
  3. Foley Square Medallions Medallions, 2000
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 courthouses
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 8
  1. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  3. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    1,220 feet
  4. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,280 feet
  5. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    50 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    550 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Columbus Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Building at 85 Leonard Street Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    1,230 feet
  3. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    200 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    210 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    380 feet
Show all 5
  1. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Street 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.