Canal Street & West Broadway

Canal Street and West Broadway meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 65 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Duarte Square is 420 feet away, and Broome Street Academy Charter High School is 1,230 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 23 public places, four of them parks, and 71 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
65 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
300 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
23 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & West Broadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    300 feet
    A C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 1
    570 feet
    1
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    990 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Gathering” (2001) by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W Broadway, 250 feet away, for the M55, BxM18, X27 and X28.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W Broadway M55, BxM18, X27, X28 · Shelter
    250 feet
    M55 BxM18 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M55 …
  2. BxM18 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West Broadway.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & Walker St 39 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 65 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019

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)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1880 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 1PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 3PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of West Broadway

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 11PM-7AM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101377 and 105693.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 189 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1861 and 1888.

  1. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Clark Building Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. Kingsland Buildings Designated landmark
    620 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
    490 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    880 feet
  2. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Broome Street Academy Charter High School
    1,230 feet
  2. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    310 feet
  2. Tribeca Park
    400 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    420 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    440 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    640 feet
  3. Drawing Center Museum
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    880 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    940 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    670 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    1,070 feet
  3. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or West Broadway.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.