Varick Street & Beach Street

Varick Street and Beach Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner is also named Sergeant Finbar Devine Corner by local law. It lies inside the Tribeca West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tribeca Park is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin St
480 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Varick St/North Moore St · M20
Within a walk
24 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Varick Street & Beach Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin St, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin St 1
    480 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    520 feet
    A C E
  2. Canal St 1
    830 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Varick St/North Moore St, 300 feet away, for the M20.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Varick St/North Moore St M20
    300 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Varick Street.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & Walker St 39 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2026

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

This corner is also named Sergeant Finbar Devine Corner, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 1997 (Local Law 50 of 1997).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1885 and 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sergeant Finbar Devine Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

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

North side of Beach Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Beach Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Ericsson Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Ericsson Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Varick Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Varick Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca West Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 150 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Utilitarian. They were mostly built between 1874 and 1908.

  1. (former) Merchants' Refrigerating Company Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Merchants' Refrigerating & Ice Manufacture Company Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Department of Water Supply, Gas & Electricity Headquarters Designated landmark
    370 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Capsouto Park.

  1. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    150 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. The New York Acad of Art College
    910 feet
Show all 10
  1. Citi Children's Center at 388 Greenwich Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  2. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  3. New York Law School College
    1,050 feet
  4. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  5. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  6. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  7. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tribeca Park
    180 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    550 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,020 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. apexart Arts or cultural center
    950 feet
  2. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station · landmark
    130 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station · landmark
    330 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 28 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Street, Ericsson Place or Varick Street.

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, 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.