Washington Street & Barclay Street

Washington Street and Barclay Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Barclay-Vesey Building (New York Telephone Building), one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 180 feet away, and Washington Market Park Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, WTC Cortlandt, is about two minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, four of them parks, and 94 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
WTC Cortlandt
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Murray St/West Broadway · M9
Within a walk
28 places
4 parks, 4 public spaces and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Barclay Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is WTC Cortlandt, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. WTC Cortlandt 1
    550 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    870 feet
    2 3 A C E R W
  2. Chambers St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CHORUS” (2018) by Ann Hamilton at the WTC Cortlandt station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Murray St/West Broadway, 920 feet away, for the M9.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Murray St/West Broadway M9
    920 feet
    M9

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Murray St & Greenwich St 49 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 325 North End Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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 April 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10007
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 3 hour Buses Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, Saturday 7am to 7pm on Barclay Street (north side).

South side of Barclay Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 4PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 116052 and 116269.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Art Deco, Italianate, stripped and Venetian-Renaissance, one each. They were built between 1855 and 1927.

  1. Barclay-Vesey Building (New York Telephone Building) Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Hopkins Store Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 public spaces
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Coll New Rochelle Dist Coun 31 CMPS College
    390 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Hanhnemann School of Homeopathy Trade or language school
    890 feet
Show all 10
  1. Vivvi 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Dun & Bradstreet-Bus Educ Division Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  3. Olivet Academy School
    1,150 feet
  4. Olivet Academy NYC School
    1,160 feet
  5. Barclay Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet
  6. P.S. 234 Independence School
    1,280 feet
  7. German School Manhattan School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Silverstein Family Park
    340 feet
  2. Battery Park City Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Tribeca Dog Run Park
    1,220 feet
Show all 6
  1. Washington Market Park Playground
    1,260 feet
  2. Washington Market Park
    1,270 feet
  3. Tribeca Dog Run Warren Street Dog run
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 101 Barclay Street Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at One Eleven Murray Street Public space
    890 feet
  3. Public space at 43 Park Place Public space
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 30 Park Place Public space
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    730 feet
  2. Building at 75 Murray Street Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Old New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. New York County Lawyers Association Building Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Perelman Performing Arts Center Theater or concert hall
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters RC Church Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Chapel Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Church Street Post Office Listed historic place
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    780 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    550 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 94 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barclay Street or Washington 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.