Canal Street & Orchard Street

Canal Street and Orchard 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. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, East Broadway, is about two minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 53 public places, 24 of them religious buildings, and 132 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East Broadway
550 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Pike St/Division St · M15
Within a walk
53 places
24 religious buildings, 7 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Orchard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East Broadway, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pike St/Division St, 320 feet away, for the M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pike St/Division St M15 · Shelter
    320 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pike St & E Broadway 34 docks in all
    530 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
    1,250 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY 3PM-10:30PM

South side of Canal Street

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

East side of Orchard Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Orchard Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100733, 103340, 104816 and 116254.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and mostly built between 1903 and 1912.

  1. S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Loew's Canal Street Theatre Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Pike Street Synagogue Designated landmark
    490 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Seward Park.

  1. Jacob H. Schiff Fountain Fountain by Arnold W. Brunner, 1895
    570 feet
  2. Lower East Side War Memorial Stele by Joseph Kiselewski, 1953
    580 feet
  3. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman School
    560 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Center & Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Emma Lazarus High School
    900 feet
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  1. M.S. 131 School
    900 feet
  2. Pace High School
    900 feet
  3. Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    910 feet
  4. Victoria Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  5. Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem School
    940 feet
  6. The Educational Alliance Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  7. P.S. 002 Meyer London School
    1,150 feet
  8. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  9. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Straus Square
    540 feet
  2. Seward Park
    540 feet
  3. Seward Park Playground
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    760 feet
  2. Captain Jacob Joseph Playground
    810 feet
  3. Lower East Side People Care Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,070 feet
  5. Hester St Playground
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    310 feet
  2. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Seward Park Library
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. St Teresa Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Trinity Assembly of God Church House of worship
    960 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chinese Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. Primitive Christian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    760 feet
  3. Older adult center at 197 East Broadway Older adult center
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    340 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Metro Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 132 places to eat and 32 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Canal Street or Orchard 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.