Canal Street & Elizabeth Street

Canal Street and Elizabeth Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 250 feet to the 5th Precinct, and Transfiguration School is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about four minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 232 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Bowery/Canal St · M103
Within a walk
29 places
12 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Elizabeth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four 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
    1,070 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. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

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 Bowery/Canal St, 440 feet away, for the M103.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Canal St M103 · Shelter
    440 feet
    M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walker St & Baxter St 47 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1910 and 1915.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Elizabeth Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102903, 103866 and 106409.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, Georgian and Italianate (early), one each, and built between 1785 and 1924.

  1. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    650 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
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  2. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    950 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    900 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Hester St Playground
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Italian American Museum
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
  4. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    750 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    110 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    510 feet
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 232 places to eat and 43 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Elizabeth Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.