Canal Street & Greene Street

Canal Street and Greene Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Clark Building stands 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 77 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
23 places
5 religious buildings, 4 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Greene Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 470 feet from this corner, about two 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
    470 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. Canal St A, C, E
    740 feet
    A C E
  2. Canal St 1
    1,090 feet
    1

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 6 Av/W Broadway, 770 feet away, for the M55, BxM18, X27 and X28.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W Broadway M55, BxM18, X27, X28 · Shelter
    770 feet
    M55 BxM18 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. BxM18 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lispenard St & Broadway 79 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Canal Street (south side).

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 6 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 1PM-7PM ALL DAYS

East side of Greene Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Greene Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102094 and 106320.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca East Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 293 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1861 and 1883.

  1. Clark Building Designated landmark
    70 feet
  2. Jeweler's Craft Building Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. Kingsland Buildings Designated landmark
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tribeca Park
    790 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    840 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    960 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    630 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    870 feet
  3. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    680 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    770 feet
  3. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 77 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Canal Street or Greene 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.