Washington Street & Laight Street

Washington Street and Laight Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fleming Smith Warehouse stands 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
West St/North Moore St · SIM7, SIM9, SIM33
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Laight Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Franklin St 1
    0.4 miles
    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 West St/North Moore St, 1,120 feet away, for the SIM7, SIM9 and SIM33.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West St/North Moore St SIM7, SIM9, SIM33
    1,120 feet
    SIM7 SIM9 SIM33

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM7 …
  2. SIM9 …
  3. SIM33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington St & Laight St 63 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 325 North End Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 five 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 December 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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Laight Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Laight Street

  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Washington Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Washington Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca North Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 85 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Utilitarian. They were built between 1805 and 1956.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Citi Children's Center at 388 Greenwich Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    400 feet
  2. Tribeca Dog Run Hudson River Park Dog run
    650 feet
  3. Canal Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Salomon Smith Barney Public space
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    910 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Laight 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.