Canal Street & Lafayette Street

Canal Street and Lafayette Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 62 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Most Precious Blood is 530 feet away, and Center for Italian Modern Art is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 136 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Lafayette Street.

Safety record
29 hurt
62 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Broadway/Walker St · X27, X28
Within a walk
32 places
7 religious buildings, 5 trade or language schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Lafayette Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    80 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
    0.3 miles
    A C E
  2. Spring St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

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 Broadway/Walker St, 760 feet away, for the X27 and X28.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Walker St X27, X28
    760 feet
    X27 X28

Next buses at this stop

  1. X27 …
  2. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Street.

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Howard St & Lafayette St 39 docks in all
    370 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
    1.6 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 62 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 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 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2023 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 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 6 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of Canal Street

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

East side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-6AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103923, 103924, 104575, 104576 and 104985.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 131 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1882.

  1. 94-100 Lafayette Street Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. (former) National City Bank of New York Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 4 courthouses
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  2. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    860 feet
  3. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  2. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  3. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  4. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    760 feet
  2. Collect Pond Park
    770 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Thomas Paine Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    550 feet
  3. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Former Police Headquarters Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. Italian American Museum
    1,300 feet
  3. Center for Italian Modern Art Museum
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    690 feet
  2. Manhattan Family Court Courthouse
    950 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Older adult center at 168 Grand Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet
  2. Criminal Court - Broadway Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    30 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    150 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 136 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Lafayette Street.

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