Manhattan Bridge & Canal Street

Manhattan Bridge and Canal Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade stands 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 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 176 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Bowery/Hester St · M103
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Bridge & Canal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 1,130 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
    1,130 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, 550 feet away, for the M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Canal Street.

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forsyth St & Canal St 29 docks in all
    400 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

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
54 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 2,300 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 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1785 and 1924.

  1. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    330 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Writings at Helin Temple Site-specific installation by Xu Bing, 2015
    290 feet
  2. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Emma Lazarus High School
    720 feet
  3. M.S. 131 School
    720 feet
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  1. Pace High School
    720 feet
  2. Victoria Children's Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. Chinese American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    200 feet
  2. Hester St Playground
    660 feet
  3. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Forsyth Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum at Eldridge Street Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. Bowery Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    460 feet
  2. Latin Amer Pentecostal Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    310 feet
  2. YMCA Chinatown Hester Street Center Recreation center
    640 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 9/Ladder 6 Fire station
    830 feet
  2. 5th Precinct Police station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 176 places to eat and 44 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Manhattan Bridge.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.