Canal Street & Eldridge Street

Canal Street and Eldridge Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church is 270 feet away, and Pace High School is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 163 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Allen St/Canal St · M15
Within a walk
44 places
18 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Eldridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    1,000 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Canal St, 330 feet away, for the M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allen St/Canal St M15
    330 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Canal Street and Eldridge Street.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forsyth St & Canal St 29 docks in all
    330 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
    2.2 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,270 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Eldridge Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Eldridge Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102888, 115999 and 116002.

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 1886 and 1927.

  1. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    490 feet
  3. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Lazarus High School
    450 feet
  2. M.S. 131 School
    450 feet
  3. Pace High School
    450 feet
Show all 12
  1. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    960 feet
  3. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,010 feet
  4. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  5. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,160 feet
  6. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  7. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  8. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  9. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    310 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    760 feet
  3. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Straus Square
    990 feet
  2. Seward Park
    990 feet
  3. Seward Park Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    470 feet
  2. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Teresa Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    310 feet
  2. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    710 feet
  3. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 163 places to eat and 36 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Eldridge 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, 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.