Canal Street & Wooster Street

Canal Street and Wooster Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Canal Street Post Office is 90 feet away, and Tribeca Synagogue is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about two minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, four of them parks, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, E
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
6 Av/W Broadway · M55, BxM18, X27, X28
Within a walk
24 places
4 parks, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Wooster Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St A, C, E
    560 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 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    720 feet
    6 J N Q R W Z
  2. Canal St 1
    840 feet
    1

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, 510 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
    510 feet
    M55 BxM18 X27 X28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand St & Greene St 28 docks in all
    690 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 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 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 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Canal Street (south side).

North side of Canal Street

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

East side of Wooster Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Wooster Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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 239 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1861 and 1884.

  1. Clark Building Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Long Distance Building Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. Kingsland Buildings Designated landmark
    390 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
    750 feet
  2. Juan Pablo Duarte Statue by Nicola Arrighini, 1978
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 museums
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. New York Computer Institute Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  3. Ie New York College
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tribeca Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  2. Playgarden Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert Capsouto Park
    580 feet
  2. Tribeca Park
    660 feet
  3. Duarte Square
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Canal Court Park
    710 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Museum
    370 feet
  2. Drawing Center Museum
    640 feet
  3. American Thread Building Listed historic place
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jackie Robinson Museum
    1,150 feet
  2. E. V. Haughwout Building Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. 254-260 Canal Street Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Performing Garage Theater or concert hall
    620 feet
  2. apexart Arts or cultural center
    830 feet
  3. Artists Space Arts or cultural center
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tribeca Synagogue House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canal Street Post Office Listed historic place
    90 feet

Fire and police

  1. 1st Precinct Police station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

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