Manhattan Bridge & Canal Street at Chrystie Street

Manhattan Bridge, Canal Street and Chrystie Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sara D. Roosevelt Park is 40 feet away, and Division Street Plaza is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about four minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 175 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
970 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Bowery/Hester St · M103
Within a walk
34 places
15 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Bridge & Canal Street at Chrystie Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    970 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. East Broadway F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Hester St, 710 feet away, for the M103.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Hester St M103
    710 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Canal Street and Chrystie Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forsyth St & Canal St 29 docks in all
    250 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
    2 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 35 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Canal Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Chrystie Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Chrystie Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, Italianate (early) and Moorish, one each, and built between 1869 and 1924.

  1. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    480 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Xu Bing Park.

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    160 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Lazarus High School
    570 feet
  2. M.S. 131 School
    570 feet
  3. Pace High School
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  4. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    1,220 feet
  5. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    40 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    510 feet
  3. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet
  2. Division Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    610 feet
  3. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Chinese Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    250 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    490 feet
  3. Knickerbocker Post Office Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    680 feet
  2. 5th Precinct Police station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. New Kam Man Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 175 places to eat and 43 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street, Chrystie Street or Manhattan Bridge.

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