Canal Street & Cortlandt Alley

Canal Street and Cortlandt Alley meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Dr. Thomas Tam Way by local law. It lies on the edge of the Tribeca East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 94-100 Lafayette Street Building, stands 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6, J, N and four more.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Broadway/Walker St · X27, X28
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 4 courthouses and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Cortlandt Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    200 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. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    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 Broadway/Walker St, 550 feet away, for the X27 and X28.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. X27 …
  2. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
13 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Dr. Thomas Tam Way (Local Law 46 of 2009, enacted on July 17, 2009) and Hon. Thomas Tam Way (Local Law 92 of 2009, enacted on December 28, 2009).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and May 2024, 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 (north side).

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 Cortlandt Alley

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cortlandt Alley

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102774 and 104984.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Tribeca East Historic District.

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 221 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1858 and 1880.

  1. (former) National City Bank of New York Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Manufacturers Trust Company Bank Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 courthouses
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    640 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  2. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Collect Pond Park
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  2. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    970 feet
  2. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    150 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    310 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Cortlandt Alley.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, 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.