White Street & Cortlandt Alley

White Street and Cortlandt Alley meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 94-100 Lafayette Street Building, stands 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Broadway/Franklin St · M55
Within a walk
28 places
7 religious buildings, 4 courthouses and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Street & Cortlandt Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    760 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    1,240 feet
    A C E
  2. Franklin St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Franklin St, 400 feet away, for the M55.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Franklin St M55
    400 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lispenard St & Broadway 79 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cortlandt Alley

  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Cortlandt Alley

  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of White Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of White Street

  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca East Historic District.

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 181 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1871.

  1. Broadway Textile Building or the Broadway-Franklin Building Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Ahrens Building Designated landmark
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 courthouses
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    540 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    990 feet
  3. Thomas Paine Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tribeca Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Building at 85 Leonard Street Listed historic place
    830 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    520 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    500 feet
  2. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    510 feet
  3. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    550 feet
Show all 4
  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortlandt Alley or White 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.