Canal Street & Varick Street

Canal Street and Varick Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Tribeca North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 72 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Holland Tunnel Administration Building stands 220 feet away, and the Ladder 8 firehouse is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, four of them museums, and 68 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
72 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Varick St/Watts St · M20
Within a walk
25 places
4 museums, 4 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Varick Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 1
    50 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St A, C, E
    470 feet
    A C E
  2. Franklin St 1
    1,250 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Varick St/Watts St, 390 feet away, for the M20.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Varick St/Watts St M20
    390 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Varick Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Varick St & Watts St 49 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 72 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
  • Turn calming, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Canal Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Canal Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Varick Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Varick Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 4AM-6AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105120.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Tribeca North Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 63 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Utilitarian. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1910.

  1. Holland Tunnel Administration Building Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Holland Plaza Building Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. (former) American Express Company Stable Designated landmark
    770 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Canal Waterworks Fountain by Elyn Zimmerman, 2009
    170 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 4 museums
  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    240 feet
  2. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    410 feet
  3. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    1,000 feet
  2. Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
    1,070 feet
  3. NYC Ischool School
    1,070 feet
  4. The Montessori in Soho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    100 feet
  2. Duarte Square
    190 feet
  3. Grand Canal Court Park
    570 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tribeca Park
    910 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    780 feet
  2. Public space at The Dominick Public space
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    240 feet
  2. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Drawing Center Museum
    1,190 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fleming Smith Warehouse Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    1,270 feet
  3. New York City Fire Museum
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    410 feet
  2. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station
    910 feet
  2. Ladder 8 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 25 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Varick Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.