Canal Street & Church Street

Canal Street and Church Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
25 places
5 religious buildings, 4 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Church Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    560 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
    650 feet
    A C E
  2. Canal St 1
    1,000 feet
    1

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 6 Av/W Broadway, 670 feet away, for the M55, BxM18, X27 and X28.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lispenard St & Broadway 79 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2019

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 7 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 3PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

East side of Church Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-6AM

West side of Church Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102557 and 103300.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 274 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1861 and 1883.

  1. Clark Building Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Kingsland Buildings Designated landmark
    290 feet
  3. Jeweler's Craft Building Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 museums
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    990 feet
  2. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. The New York Acad of Art College
    1,250 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  2. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tribeca Park
    690 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    740 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    530 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    800 feet
  3. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. apexart Arts or cultural center
    670 feet
  2. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    680 feet
  3. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    140 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station
    1,240 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 78 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

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