Washington Street & Desbrosses Street

Washington Street and Desbrosses Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them parks, and 28 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
1,210 feet
Spring St/Greenwich St · M21
Within a walk
8 places
2 parks, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Desbrosses Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 1
    1,180 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
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Spring St C, E
    0.5 miles
    C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Spring St/Greenwich St, 1,210 feet away, for the M21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St/Greenwich St M21
    1,210 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Watts St & Greenwich St 54 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 2024.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Desbrosses Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Desbrosses Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Washington Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Washington Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 61 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Utilitarian. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1906.

  1. Fleming Smith Warehouse Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. (former) American Express Company Stable Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  2. Citi Children's Center at 388 Greenwich Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    370 feet
  2. Canal Park
    610 feet
  3. Tribeca Dog Run Hudson River Park Dog run
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Brown House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Desbrosses 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.