Canal Street & Mercer Street

Canal Street and Mercer Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Tribeca East Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jeweler's Craft Building stands 110 feet away, and Grand Canal Court is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
210 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Broadway/Walker St · M55
Within a walk
27 places
7 religious buildings, 5 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Mercer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 210 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    210 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
    990 feet
    A C E
  2. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    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 Broadway/Walker St, 590 feet away, for the M55.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Walker St M55
    590 feet
    M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 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
    270 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
    1.5 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024

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

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 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 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 1PM-7PM ALL DAYS

East side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 106320 and 106504.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tribeca East Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 298 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1881.

  1. Jeweler's Craft Building Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Aaron Constable Store Designated landmark
    120 feet
  3. Clark Building Designated landmark
    160 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    680 feet
  2. International Culinary Center (The) Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Italian Culinary Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tribeca Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Albert Capsouto Park
    1,090 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    1,210 feet
  2. Rapkin-Gayle Plaza Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Mandarin Plaza Public space
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    880 feet
  3. Drawing Center Museum
    1,120 feet
Show all 7
  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    1,150 feet
  2. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  3. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  4. Building at 361 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    430 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,020 feet
  3. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    830 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Mercer Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.