Canal Street & East Broadway

Canal Street and East Broadway meet at a four-way crossing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Seward Park is 40 feet away, and P.S. 002 Meyer London is 1,020 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 42 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 99 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
210 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Essex St/East Broadway · M9
Within a walk
42 places
19 religious buildings, 6 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & East Broadway 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
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Essex St/East Broadway, 270 feet away, for the M9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Canal Street and East Broadway.

  • 27 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
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.4 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
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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)
Lower East Side
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 184 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on East Broadway (both sides).

North side of Canal Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Canal Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100132 and 102426.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1908 and 1931.

  1. Forward Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    180 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    330 feet
  3. Fiorello H. La Guardia Bust by Jo Davidson, 1957
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  3. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    550 feet
Show all 10
  1. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,150 feet
  4. Manhattan Charter School II School
    1,190 feet
  5. Orchard Collegiate Academy School
    1,190 feet
  6. University Neighborhood Middle School
    1,190 feet
  7. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seward Park
    40 feet
  2. Seward Park Playground
    60 feet
  3. Straus Square
    100 feet
Show all 6
  1. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    230 feet
  2. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    620 feet
  3. Little Flower Playground
    730 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    500 feet

Health care

  1. New Gouverneur Hospital SNF Nursing home or hospice
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seward Park Library Landmark
    290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Teresa Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    430 feet
  3. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    520 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    300 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Rutgers Community Center
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 99 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or East Broadway.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.