West Street & Laight Street

West Street and Laight Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Tribeca North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Canal Park is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
West St/North Moore St · SIM7, SIM9, SIM33
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 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 seven 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
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. Franklin St 1
    0.5 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, 780 feet away, for the SIM7, SIM9 and SIM33.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM7 …
  2. SIM9 …
  3. SIM33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Laight Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Laight Street

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of West Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Tribeca North Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 52 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Utilitarian. They were built between 1811 and 1956.

  1. Fleming Smith Warehouse Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 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
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    70 feet
  2. Tribeca Dog Run Hudson River Park Dog run
    330 feet
  3. Canal Park
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Salomon Smith Barney Public space
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Laight Street or West Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.