Canal Street
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Parks Dept. to Canal Street: ‘No Trees for You!’
The Parks Department wants to plant more trees — it does! — but so many things are conspiring against the agency on Manhattan's worst street.
September 15, 2025
DOT Canal Street Plan Adds Pedestrian Space, Bike Route, But Next Mayor Must Think Bigger
The changes are a good start, but Canal Street deserves a radical transformation.
September 12, 2025
Friday’s Headlines: Fixing Canal Street Edition
DOT will lower the speed limit on the Manhattan Bridge lanes that feed onto Canal Street. Plus more news.
August 8, 2025
Fixing Canal Street Means Rethinking the Manhattan Bridge Itself: Experts
Canal Street needs a fix, but the city must go straight to the source.
July 24, 2025
#StuckAtDOT: Canal Street Carnage Continues As Fixes Flounder
How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?
July 21, 2025
Seniors to City: Fix Canal Street Now!
A new series of audits on Canal Street with older New Yorkers will show again the need for change.
October 4, 2024
Friday’s Headlines: Canal Street Follies Edition
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine isn't happy. Plus other news.
April 26, 2024
Pedestrian Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver on Canal: Cops
A Chinatown pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early on Wednesday on the notoriously dangerous Canal Street.
March 6, 2024
Garden Potty: NJ Reveals That Its Turnpike Widening Will Add Hundreds MORE Cars to Canal Street Sewer
And they're suing us to stop congestion pricing?! New Jersey's $11-billion Turnpike widening will dump hundreds more cars onto Canal Street via the Holland Tunnel, which is an outrage.
November 7, 2023
City Must Think Big on Canal Street, Survey Shows
Survey says: Fix this street! (Which, by the way, we've been talking about for decades.)
June 27, 2023
