Canal Street & Ludlow Street

Canal Street and Ludlow Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Knickerbocker Post Office is 290 feet away, and Emma Lazarus High School is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 52 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 126 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
330 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Essex St/East Broadway · M9
Within a walk
52 places
19 religious buildings, 11 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Ludlow Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Broadway F
    330 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    F J M Z
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Essex St/East Broadway, 410 feet away, for the M9.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Essex St/East Broadway M9 · Countdown sign
    410 feet
    M9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Canal Street.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Canal St & Rutgers St 45 docks in all
    380 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
    2.3 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
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
7
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and June 2026; 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 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY 3PM-10:30PM

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY 3PM-10:30PM

East side of Ludlow Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105104, 116183 and 116292.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1886 and 1927.

  1. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    500 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Straus Square.

  1. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    360 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 11 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    640 feet
  3. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 16
  1. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    720 feet
  2. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. Emma Lazarus High School
    1,130 feet
  5. M.S. 131 School
    1,130 feet
  6. Pace High School
    1,130 feet
  7. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    1,180 feet
  8. Essex Street Academy School
    1,200 feet
  9. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies School
    1,200 feet
  10. Lower Manhattan Arts Academy School
    1,200 feet
  11. New Design High School
    1,200 feet
  12. Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The School
    1,200 feet
  13. Grand St. Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Straus Square
    310 feet
  2. Seward Park
    320 feet
  3. Seward Park Playground
    340 feet
Show all 8
  1. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    590 feet
  2. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    780 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    990 feet
  4. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,200 feet
  5. Little Flower Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    90 feet
  2. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seward Park Library Landmark
    820 feet
  2. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Teresa Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    840 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rutgers Community Center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 126 places to eat and 31 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Ludlow 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, 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.