Avenue of the Americas & Canal Street

Avenue of the Americas and Canal Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 3,373 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Albert Capsouto Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, five of them parks, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
26 places
5 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & Canal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    90 feet
    A C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 1
    320 feet
    1
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    1,240 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Gathering” (2001) by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W Broadway, 330 feet away, for the M55, BxM18, X27 and X28.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W Broadway M55, BxM18, X27, X28 · Shelter
    330 feet
    M55 BxM18 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. BxM18 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X28 …

Live arrivals

Avenue of the Americas carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & Walker St 39 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, March 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,373 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 255th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,775 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Canal Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 111 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1901.

  1. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    700 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Capsouto Park.

  1. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    240 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    290 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 3 schools
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    790 feet
  3. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  2. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    1,180 feet
  4. NYC Ischool School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    60 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    160 feet
  3. Grand Canal Court Park
    190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tribeca Park
    520 feet
  2. Spring Street Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    620 feet
  2. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Drawing Center Museum
    950 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  3. Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    930 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    790 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station · landmark
    980 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 25 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or Canal Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.