Canal Street & Bowery

Canal Street and Bowery meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 88 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The site-specific installation “Writings at Helin Temple” is 540 feet away, and the Engine 9/Ladder 6 firehouse is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about four minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 212 places to eat.

Safety record
61 hurt
88 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Bowery/Hester St · M103
Within a walk
36 places
15 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Bowery Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    1,040 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Bowery J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.3 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Hester St, 300 feet away, for the M103.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Hester St M103
    300 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forsyth St & Canal St 29 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 88 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 61 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 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, June 2001

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 1pm, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Canal Street (both sides).

East side of Bowery

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY OTHER TIMES HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bowery

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102901, 103866, 103981 and 106409.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1869 and 1924.

  1. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. Bowery Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    790 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Emma Lazarus High School
    980 feet
Show all 8
  1. M.S. 131 School
    980 feet
  2. Pace High School
    980 feet
  3. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  4. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  5. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    450 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    620 feet
  3. Kimlau Square
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    820 feet
  2. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · listed historic place
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Westchester House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet
  3. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    840 feet
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  1. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    310 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    690 feet
  2. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    260 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 212 places to eat and 48 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowery or Canal Street.

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