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How walkable is Tribeca?

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Tribeca has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in New York City, which scores 93 as a whole.

100 out of 100: Walker's Paradise
Daily errands do not require a car.
#2 of 5
in New York City
93
New York City overall
100
at the centre
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What's within walking distance

8,403 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Tribeca. The nearest grocery is Whole Foods Market, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.

Groceries
Whole Foods Market
3min3.0 of 3 points
  • Cake Alchemy3 min
  • Market Plate3 min
Restaurants & bars
Little Park
1min3.0 of 3 points
  • Evening Bar1 min
  • Galerie Bar1 min
Shopping
Ecco
1min2.0 of 2 points
  • New York Golf Center1 min
  • Postermuseum Com1 min
Coffee
Starbucks
1min2.0 of 2 points
  • Mulberry & Vine1 min
  • Chun Yang Tea Tribeca2 min
Banks
Capital One Bank
1min1.0 of 1 point
  • Wells Fargo1 min
  • HSBC Bank2 min
Parks
Bogardus Plaza
1min1.0 of 1 point
  • Washington Market Park3 min
  • Silverstein Family Park5 min
Schools
German- American School Manhattan International Preschool, Kindergarten & Lower
2min1.0 of 1 point
  • Jcp Early Childhood Center2 min
  • Park Pre-School3 min
Books & libraries
Mysterious Book Shop
1min1.0 of 1 point
  • Words On Warren1 min
  • Winston & Strawn, New York3 min
Culture & entertainment
Philip Williams Posters
1min1.0 of 1 point
  • AMC Loews Orpheum 71 min
  • Tribeca Comedy Club3 min

Measured from the mapped centre of Tribeca at 40.7154, -74.0093. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 110 street intersections per km², and blocks average 92 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

Walkability across Tribeca

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  • 90+
  • 70–89
  • 50–69
  • 25–49
  • 0–24

Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 500 m around the centre of Tribeca. Rings mark 250 m and 500 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

Nearby neighbourhoods in New York City

NeighbourhoodDistanceScore
Lower Manhattan400 m100
Greenwich Village2.1 km100
Times Square5.1 km98
Upper East Side8.1 km94

See every neighbourhood ranked on the New York City page.

Questions about walking in Tribeca

Is Tribeca walkable?

Yes. Tribeca in New York City has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.

Is Tribeca more walkable than the rest of New York City?

Tribeca is more walkable than New York City as a whole: it scores 100, against 93 for the 5 km around New York City's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 New York City neighbourhoods on How Walkable.

What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in New York City?

Of the 5 New York City neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Greenwich Village (100), Tribeca (100) and Lower Manhattan (100).

How is the walkability score of Tribeca calculated?

The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Tribeca it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 500 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.