The Zinc Building, which debuted in 2007, was one of the earliest of the luxury apartment complexes along Canal Street, where northern Tribeca has slowly been transforming into a “quiet enclave” for rich residents seeking a neighborhood with restricted nightlife, according to The Real Deal. The ground floor commercial spaces are almost completely empty, except for a nail salon. With a dearth of shops, cafes, bars and restaurants, the sidewalks here are empty, too.

499 Canal Street: Each of these shops has minimal signage and street presence. Cryofuel, a cryotherapy spa with infrared saunas that opened in 2017, sits almost unmarked between a wing of the Arlo Soho Hotel, a boutique hotel with micro guest rooms, and Polo Electric, an electrical contractor founded in 1975. Like their neighbors inTribeca, the residents of Hudson Square have been ”fighting to keep it quiet,” but “places to buy groceries are still scarce,” according to the New York Times.

472-484 Canal Street, aka 205 Hudson Street: One of the largest property owners along Canal Street is Trinity Church, which was granted 215 acres of land here by Queen Anne in 1705. Trinity is now actively redeveloping its multiple properties in Hudson Square, yet most of the church-owned commercial storefronts along Canal Street remain empty.

431-475 Canal Street, aka 1 Hudson Square: This long stretch of empty storefronts between Varick Street and Hudson Street is slated to become the Jackie Robinson Museum. The groundbreaking was held in April 2017, but the museum is not scheduled to open until 2019.

417-423 Canal Street: For over