Canal Street & Forsyth Street

Canal Street and Forsyth Street meet at a five-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. The site-specific installation “Writings at Helin Temple” is 110 feet away, and Forsyth Plaza is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 156 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Allen St/Canal St · M15
Within a walk
39 places
15 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Forsyth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    1,070 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. East Broadway F
    1,260 feet
    F
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allen St/Canal St, 590 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Canal Street, Forsyth Street and Manhattan Bridge Bike Path.

  • 23 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
    70 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
    2.2 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and December 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 parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Forsyth Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

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 1869 and 1924.

  1. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    650 feet
  3. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    670 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
    110 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Lazarus High School
    370 feet
  2. M.S. 131 School
    370 feet
  3. Pace High School
    370 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    1,020 feet
  4. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  5. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  6. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    1,270 feet
  7. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    50 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    500 feet
  3. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. Straus Square
    1,250 feet
  2. Seward Park
    1,250 feet
  3. Seward Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    210 feet
  2. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    530 feet
  3. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    340 feet
  2. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    450 feet
  3. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    480 feet
  2. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 156 places to eat and 44 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street, Forsyth Street or Manhattan Bridge Bike Path.

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.