Albert Capsouto Park

Albert Capsouto Park is a small triangular park in Tribeca, formed by the intersection of Greenwich Street, Laight Street, and Canal Street. It opened in 2009 as CaVaLa Park (for Canal, Varick, and Laight Streets) and was renamed in 2010 in honor of Albert Capsouto (1956-2010), a community leader and restaurateur who helped transform Tribeca and championed small businesses in the neighborhood after 9/11.

The park sits near the western edge of the former Washington Market, which served as Manhattan's primary wholesale produce market from the early 19th century until the 1960s, when operations relocated to the Hunts Point Market in the Bronx.

Capsouto was instrumental in organizing the Tribeca community during the critical years of neighborhood transition, advocating for residential zoning, community services, and the preservation of the area's distinctive cast-iron industrial architecture.

The park features a small lawn, seating, and ornamental plantings. Its triangular shape, common among Manhattan's smaller parks, results from the intersection of the older street pattern below Canal Street with the more regular grid to the north.

Though modest in size, Albert Capsouto Park serves as an important neighborhood amenity in a part of Tribeca where public open space is limited. It provides a green focal point at a busy intersection and honors the grassroots activism that shaped modern Tribeca.