White Street & Franklin Place

White Street and Franklin Place 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. Grosvenor Building stands 110 feet away, and the Ladder 8 firehouse is 1,150 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, six of them religious buildings, and 73 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
6 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Street & Franklin Place 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
    830 feet
    A C E
  2. Franklin St 1
    1,060 feet
    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

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & Walker St 39 docks in all
    780 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
    1.6 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
    1.3 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 September 2023.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of White Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca East Historic District.

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 235 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1875.

  1. Grosvenor Building Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Wood's Mercantile Buildings Designated landmark
    150 feet
  3. Grosvenor Buildings Designated landmark
    160 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 courthouses
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    600 feet
  3. The New York Acad of Art College
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. New York Law School College
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tribeca Park
    850 feet
  2. Collect Pond Park
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Building at 85 Leonard Street Listed historic place
    430 feet
  3. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    220 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    870 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 8 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Place 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.