Canal Street & Mulberry Street

Canal Street and Mulberry Street meet at a six-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 51 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 590 feet to the 5th Precinct. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, and 14 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 218 places to eat.

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Canal Street & Mulberry Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 14 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    580 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
    0.4 miles
    B D
  2. Spring St 6
    0.4 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 Bowery/Canal St, 930 feet away, for the M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.6 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 51 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

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 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1905 and 1915.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 7 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2023 and February 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 7pm, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Walker Street (south side).

North 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

South side of Canal Street

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

East side of Mulberry Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Mulberry Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 6PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103751, 103786, 103787, 104446, 104447, 105428 and 106640.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1895.

  1. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    660 feet
  2. Fire House, Engine Company No. 31 Designated landmark
    720 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
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. P.S. 130 Hernando de Soto School
    740 feet
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  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    460 feet
  2. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    520 feet
  2. Columbus Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Collect Pond Park
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Italian American Museum
    770 feet
  2. Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    850 feet
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  1. Museum of Chinese in America Museum
    980 feet
  2. Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Odd Fellows Hall Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    930 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    940 feet
  3. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    70 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 218 places to eat and 38 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.