Canal Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

This article is about the New York City Subway station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. For the station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, see Canal Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line). For other uses, see Canal Street (disambiguation).

Canal Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	Canal Street & Varick Street New York, NY 10013
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	SoHo, Tribeca
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times) ​   2  (late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M20
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2023	1,148,885  16.3%
Rank	270 out of 423
Station succession
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Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only

Canal Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located in Lower Manhattan at the intersection of Canal and Varick Streets. It is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late night hours.

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (Houston Street) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights (Houston Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (Franklin Street) → → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (Franklin Street) →
	Side platform

Mosaic with name

Mosaic of St. John's Chapel

This underground station is located on the street of the same name, which is the boundary of SoHo and Tribeca. Lying within a block of three different pocket parks (St. John's Park, Duane Park, and Cavala Park), the station sits at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel outside of the Tribeca North Historic District. Much of the surrounding area is characterized by its historic loft architecture.

Like all stations on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line south of 34th Street–Penn Station, Canal Street opened on July 1, 1918 as part of a southwestern expansion of the line to the South Ferry loop station. (That station has been replaced by another with the same name.) The station was renovated in 1992 by MTA New York City Transit's in-house staff.

This station has two side platforms and four tracks, numbered 1 to 4 from west to east, with center tracks 2 and 3 serving the 2 and 3 express trains that bypass the station during daytime hours. The platforms are mildly offset and, although there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions, there is evidence of a sealed crossunder on both of the platforms. Fare control is on platform level for both sides with entrances on both sides of Varick Street on the northern side of Canal Street.

One entrance to the station, at the northeast corner of Varick Street and Canal Street, has been floodproofed.

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links

Stairs

• nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: Canal Street
• Station Reporter – 1 Train
• Canal Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View