Washington Street & Vesey Street

Washington Street and Vesey Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Silverstein Family Park is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, WTC Cortlandt, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 95 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
WTC Cortlandt
270 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Vesey St/West St · SIM7, SIM9, SIM33
Within a walk
24 places
5 public spaces, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Vesey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is WTC Cortlandt, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. WTC Cortlandt 1
    270 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
    720 feet
    2 3 A C E R W
  2. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vesey St/West St, 750 feet away, for the SIM7, SIM9 and SIM33.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vesey St/West St SIM7, SIM9, SIM33
    750 feet
    SIM7 SIM9 SIM33

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM7 …
  2. SIM9 …
  3. SIM33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Barclay St & Church St 37 docks in all
    840 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
    2 miles
  2. 325 North End Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2015.

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

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

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

Trees

Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Art Deco, and built between 1923 and 1927.

  1. Barclay-Vesey Building (New York Telephone Building) Designated landmark
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
  2. Coll New Rochelle Dist Coun 31 CMPS College
    680 feet
  3. Dun & Bradstreet-Bus Educ Division Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
Show all 8
  1. Big and Tiny Vesey Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Vivvi 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Olivet Academy School
    1,160 feet
  4. Hanhnemann School of Homeopathy Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  5. Olivet Academy NYC School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Silverstein Family Park
    300 feet
  2. Battery Park City Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 101 Barclay Street Public space
    540 feet
  2. Public space at 43 Park Place Public space
    1,020 feet
  3. Public space at 30 Park Place Public space
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at One Eleven Murray Street Public space
    1,170 feet
  2. Public space at Millenium Hilton Hotel Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. September 11 Memorial Monument or memorial
    440 feet
  2. 9/11 Memorial Museum
    840 feet
  3. Old New York Evening Post Building Listed historic place
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. New York County Lawyers Association Building Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Building at 75 Murray Street Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters RC Church Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Chapel Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Church Street Post Office Listed historic place
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    660 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    840 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    50 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 95 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Vesey Street or Washington Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.