West Street & Canal Street

West Street and Canal Street meet at a three-way junction in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hudson River Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks, and 18 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Spring St/Greenwich St · M21
Within a walk
4 places
2 parks, 1 listed historic place and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Canal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Spring St/Greenwich St, 950 feet away, for the M21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Rose Street, 1.4 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and October 2025, 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

South side of Canal Street

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of West Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 21 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were mostly built between 1819 and 1892.

  1. Fleming Smith Warehouse Designated landmark
    550 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 public space

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    60 feet
  2. Canal Park
    60 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Freeman Plaza West Public space
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Brown House Listed historic place
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Canal Street or West Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.