Canal Street & Mott Street

Canal Street and Mott Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Citizens Savings Bank, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about three minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 242 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Bowery/Canal St · M103
Within a walk
39 places
14 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Mott Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes 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
    840 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. Grand St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

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 Bowery/Canal St, 680 feet away, for the M103.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Canal St M103 · Shelter
    680 feet
    M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walker St & Baxter St 47 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2020
  • Turn calming, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1910 and 1915.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Turkish hazelnut.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 57 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 6pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 6pm to 10pm on Mott Street (west side).

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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 Mott Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101368, 101369, 101641, 103751 and 107114.

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 1785 and 1924.

  1. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Columbus Park.

  1. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 courthouses
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    710 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    990 feet
  3. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    760 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,140 feet
  3. Columbus Park Playground
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hester St Playground
    1,310 feet
  2. Collect Pond Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Italian American Museum
    1,020 feet
  3. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
Show all 8
  1. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    1,230 feet
  4. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  5. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    510 feet
  3. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Transfiguration Catholic Church Landmark · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    990 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,180 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    340 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    250 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    750 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 242 places to eat and 43 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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