Lafayette Street & White Street

Lafayette Street and White Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner is also named Court Officer Mitchel Scott Wallace Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6, J, N and four more. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places and 101 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Broadway/Franklin St · M55
Within a walk
30 places
7 religious buildings, 5 courthouses and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Street & White Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 540 feet from this corner, about two 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
    540 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
    1,290 feet
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E

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, 680 feet away, for the M55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street.

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walker St & Baxter St 47 docks in all
    730 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
    1.7 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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 Court Officer Mitchel Scott Wallace 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 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Court Officer Mitchel Scott Wallace Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lafayette Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 3AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NIGHT REGULATION NO PARKING 2AM-6AM TUESDAY & THURSDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPT OF SANITATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 3AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of White Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102268.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 88 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1885.

  1. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    190 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    750 feet
  2. Abraham De Peyster Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1896
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    890 feet
  3. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
Show all 6
  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    260 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    710 feet
  3. Thomas Paine Park
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    400 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Building at 85 Leonard Street Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    800 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    220 feet
  2. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    450 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  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 101 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

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