West Street & Watts Street

West Street and Watts Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Canal Park is 390 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 five public places, two of them parks, and 14 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
1,280 feet
Spring St/Greenwich St · M21
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 1 dog run and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Watts 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.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Spring St/Greenwich St, 1,280 feet away, for the M21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St/Greenwich St M21
    1,280 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Watts St & Greenwich St 54 docks in all
    500 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
    1.4 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Watts Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Watts Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of West Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1823 and 1895.

  1. Fleming Smith Warehouse Designated landmark
    410 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 public space

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    60 feet
  2. Canal Park
    390 feet
  3. Tribeca Dog Run Hudson River Park Dog run
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Brown House Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 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 Watts 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.