Canal St

Amazing and fun and amazing people as always! Great shopping too.

The last resort to 90% of New Yorkers is Cancel Street and surroundings. Last but not least for The Infamous $10 bucks buses to anywhere 700 Miles from NYC can lead you, the knocked out merchandise heaven where everything is fake or perhaps is not "To be or not to be".

⚠️♿ Still unsure of accessible options as of 2022.02.16 for J train platform and uptown Q train platform, anyone with information please make publicly available ⚠️
¡Highlights!
•Generally clean
•excellent signage
•easy to navigate
•Help kiosks, metro card machines, and digital signage all seemed to be in good working order
•Is well lit thanks MTA! Want to applaud the MTA workers keep us moving and shining bright. They replaced all the light bulbs over the past couple of years. Outstanding! Thank you MTA!
The canal Street station is enormous and I was a little intimidated by its bigness but once there I was able to easily navigate my way through to the good signage and was able to set off on the next leg of my commute.

Station is old and its not well kept. Lots of travelers used this station between BMT and IRT .

When you look at the jamaica center Parsons/ archer side of the platform, you can find a secret tunnel through the holes in the walls to an abandoned area!! If you decide to go there look around for any signs of trains when you jump onto the tracks and try not to get caught by the mta. This is amazing overall. Who knows what else you can find here, maybe a secret reference or an post office back in the 1990s

Canal Street is very controversial. People from all over the world had visited Canal Street for window shopping and Restaurants. It is not recommended to hire a Taxi on Canal Street for a variety of reasons:
First, there's a high volume of vehicles commuting from and into the Manhattan Bridge, which is at the heart of Canal Street and the Bowery. Your Taxi will be expected to move at walking distance to any Train Stations, which will take you to your destination faster. There are a variety of Train Stations located on the WEST of CANAL STREET, and NORTH on the BOWERY at GRAND STREET for your convince.
Second, you must be very aware of your surroundings. This Street is packed with tourists, therefore, there's a lot of attractions towards your personal appearance and your expensive electronics. Keep your personal information safe and secure and, PLEASE DON'T BUY "FAKE MERCHANDISE." BE AWARE THAT IS HIGHLY ILLEGAL AND WHEN THOSE SELLERS GET DETAINED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THOSE BUYERS CAN ALSO BE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE...(meaning you.)
Third, people move and walk very fast in Canal Street. Cars travel sometimes faster than speed limits, and unfortunately that's what happened with this picture captured in a split of a second as a vehicle was trying to beat the traffic light and landed in the side of a patrol car. 😁😲 Fortunately, no one was badly injured.

For once the street is not backed up and it was easy travel. Normally it is backed up both ways.

Our adventure started out catching the train to Canal St from Midtown. It was much easier than we anticipated and that's really where the fun starts.

As soon as we walked out of the station, we were approached by "sellers" asking if we were interested in buying a handbag, watch, etc. I'm not going to review that here, but depending on how you view this type of thing, it is possible to find some pretty amazing items.

The sunday we were there, also happened to be the Chinese New Year's parade. Oh, we were soooo excited!! The streets were on overflow mode, but the sights and sounds of ethnic celebration, community partners, and the public-at-large made for a super memorable experience.

We found some great deals in Little Italy and grabbed dim sum in Chinatown. Lots of places are "cash", but there is a Citibank ATM in Walgreens as well as a Bank of America near by.

Visiting Canal St was truly one of the most affordable and entertaining experiences during our trip!