Canal Street & Centre Street

Canal Street and Centre Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 62 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. A designated landmark, 94-100 Lafayette Street Building, stands 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 161 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
62 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Broadway/Walker St · X27, X28
Within a walk
30 places
8 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Centre Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    100 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Walker St, 940 feet away, for the X27 and X28.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Walker St X27, X28
    940 feet
    X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

  1. X27 …
  2. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Centre Street.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walker St & Baxter St 47 docks in all
    370 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
    1.7 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 62 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, September 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS

East side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103964, 105521, 106695 and 107139.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 78 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1888.

  1. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. Odd Fellows Hall Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 parks
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    640 feet
  3. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    960 feet
  2. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collect Pond Park
    720 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    830 feet
  3. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Thomas Paine Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    550 feet
  3. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Italian American Museum
    1,080 feet
  2. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    600 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    790 feet
  3. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    120 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 161 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Centre 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.