Canal Street & Division Street

Canal Street and Division Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Loew's Canal Street Theatre, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 70 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 50 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and 120 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
210 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Essex St/East Broadway · M9
Within a walk
50 places
21 religious buildings, 6 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Division Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 210 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Essex St/East Broadway, 300 feet away, for the M9.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/East Broadway M9 · Countdown sign
    300 feet
    M9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Canal St & Rutgers St 45 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Division Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Division 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 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    70 feet
  2. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Forward Building Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Straus Square.

  1. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    240 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    570 feet
  3. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    600 feet
Show all 11
  1. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    1,070 feet
  4. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  5. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  6. Emma Lazarus High School
    1,240 feet
  7. M.S. 131 School
    1,240 feet
  8. Pace High School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Straus Square
    200 feet
  2. Seward Park
    200 feet
  3. Seward Park Playground
    230 feet
Show all 8
  1. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    480 feet
  2. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    670 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,100 feet
  4. Little Flower Playground
    1,130 feet
  5. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    80 feet
  2. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seward Park Library Landmark
    710 feet
  2. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Teresa Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    620 feet
  3. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    720 feet
  3. Rutgers Community Center
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    1,100 feet
  2. Seward Park Community Center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 120 places to eat and 31 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Division Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.