West Broadway & Beach Street

West Broadway and Beach Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tribeca Park is 20 feet away, and Drawing Center is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
200 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
22 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Broadway & Beach Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    200 feet
    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. Franklin St 1
    810 feet
    1
  2. Canal St 1
    890 feet
    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 6 Av/W Broadway, 280 feet away, for the M55, BxM18, X27 and X28.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W Broadway M55, BxM18, X27, X28 · Shelter
    280 feet
    M55 BxM18 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. BxM18 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & Walker St 39 docks in all
    440 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 10pm on West Broadway (east side).

North side of Beach Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Beach Street

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

East side of West Broadway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West Broadway

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106216.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 205 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1866 and 1891.

  1. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Department of Water Supply, Gas & Electricity Headquarters Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. (former) Merchants' Refrigerating Company Designated landmark
    460 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
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 3 museums
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Tribeca Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  2. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  3. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tribeca Park
    20 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    620 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,080 feet
  3. Drawing Center Museum
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. apexart Arts or cultural center
    900 feet
  2. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,010 feet
  3. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    430 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station · landmark
    460 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station · landmark
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Street or West Broadway.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.