Canal Street & Allen Street

Canal Street and Allen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Engine 9/Ladder 6 firehouse is 160 feet away, and Lower East Side People Care is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 52 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and 136 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
730 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Allen St/Canal St · M15
Within a walk
52 places
22 religious buildings, 7 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Allen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    730 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Canal St, 140 feet away, for the M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Canal St M15
    140 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Canal Street.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Allen St & Hester St 117 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024
  • Turn calming, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Allen Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Canal Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100139 and 103342.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1886 and 1927.

  1. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    560 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    610 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    740 feet
  3. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Lazarus High School
    730 feet
  2. M.S. 131 School
    730 feet
  3. Pace High School
    730 feet
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  1. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    740 feet
  2. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  4. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    960 feet
  5. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    1,040 feet
  6. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  7. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  8. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    1,130 feet
  9. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  10. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    580 feet
  2. Straus Square
    720 feet
  3. Seward Park
    720 feet
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  1. Seward Park Playground
    750 feet
  2. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    960 feet
  3. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    990 feet
  4. Hester St Playground
    1,030 feet
  5. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    500 feet
  2. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Seward Park Library
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. St Teresa Church House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    930 feet
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  1. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  3. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    580 feet
  3. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    160 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 136 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Allen Street or Canal Street.

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