Madison Street & Avenue of the Finest

Madison Street and Avenue of the Finest meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza is 270 feet away, and the Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, five of them parks, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Frankfort St/William St · M22
Within a walk
29 places
5 parks, 5 religious buildings and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Avenue of the Finest Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    840 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. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 A C J 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 Frankfort St/William St, 660 feet away, for the M22.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frankfort St/William St M22
    660 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gold St & Frankfort St 40 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 300 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 in 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue of the Finest

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue of the Finest

  • Authorized vehicles only 6 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Madison Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY

East side of Rose Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rose Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical and Classical Revival, one each, and built between 1909 and 1936.

  1. Municipal Building Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. United States Courthouse Designated landmark
    720 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in One Police Plaza.

  1. 5 in 1 Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1974
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    350 feet
  2. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    350 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    350 feet
Show all 6
  1. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    350 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Pace University - NYC Campus College
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James Madison Plaza
    490 feet
  2. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    510 feet
  3. City Hall Park
    920 feet
Show all 7
  1. FishBridge Park Garden
    980 feet
  2. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    980 feet
  3. DeLury Square
    1,160 feet
  4. St. James Triangle
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    270 feet
  2. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    960 feet
  3. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Benjamin Franklin Statue Monument or memorial
    1,130 feet
  3. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Wall St Synagogue House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    760 feet
  2. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,140 feet
  3. Surrogates Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 6 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Finest, Madison Street or Rose Street.

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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.