Washington Street & Canal Street

Washington Street and Canal Street meet at a three-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Canal Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and 34 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Spring St/Greenwich St · M21
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 1 career or business center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Street & Canal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 1
    1,310 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Spring St C, E
    0.4 miles
    C E
  2. Canal St A, C, E
    0.4 miles
    A C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Spring St/Greenwich St, 590 feet away, for the M21.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Spring St/Greenwich St M21
    590 feet
    M21

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Street.

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Watts St & Greenwich St 54 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 139 Charles Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Canal Street

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

South side of Canal Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Washington Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Washington Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 23 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were built between 1817 and 1955.

  1. Fleming Smith Warehouse Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 public space
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Language Institute for English Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Canal Park
    20 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    420 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Brown House Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. New York City Fire Museum
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Lower Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street or Washington Street.

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