Laight Street & St Johns Lane

Laight Street and St Johns Lane meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The fountain “Canal Waterworks” is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
40 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
23 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Laight Street & St Johns Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    40 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
    470 feet
    1
  2. Franklin St 1
    1,170 feet
    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 6 Av/W Broadway, 410 feet away, for the M55, BxM18, X27 and X28.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W Broadway M55, BxM18, X27, X28 · Shelter
    410 feet
    M55 BxM18 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. BxM18 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Laight St & Hudson St 87 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1896 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Laight Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of St Johns Lane

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of St Johns Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 89 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1908.

  1. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    650 feet
  3. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    710 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
    170 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 3 museums
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  2. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    1,130 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  3. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    60 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    310 feet
  3. Grand Canal Court Park
    340 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tribeca Park
    550 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Museum
    710 feet
  3. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Drawing Center Museum
    1,050 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,030 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station · landmark
    830 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 25 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Laight Street or St Johns Lane.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.