According to the measurements I got from Google Maps, Canal Street is approximately 6 miles south of 96th Street.
Approximately 17 to 20 street blocks (north/south blocks) equals a mile, so the distance between 14th Street and 196th Street is about 9.1 to 10.7 miles.
Yes, Canal Street is a little over half a mile north of Fulton Street. But Lower Manhattan, below Houston Street, is a very tiny area. All of the streets are no more than two miles apart or so.
A mile is approximately 20 street blocks. So assuming you are talking about a straight line between 97th St and 59th St, it would be just under 2 miles.
At 2.3 miles, 14th Street is the widest point in Manhattan.
The longest crosstown (east-west) street in Manhattan is 14th Street. At 2.3 miles (3.7 km), it is the widest point of Manhattan.
That is 80 blocks which is approximately 4 miles.
Newark, NJ is 9 miles from Manhattan
There are 508.38 miles of street in Manhattan. If you include all 5 boroughs, there are 5936.18 miles of paved streets (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island)http://www.fcny.org/cmgp/streets/pages/reports.htm
Wall Street is located in the Financial District of Manhattan Island. Manhattan Island is 12.5 miles long, by 2 miles wide, and the Financial District is located at its east end. Wall Street is .45 miles long, running southeast to northwest. Wall Street's boundaries are FDR Drive at its south end, and Broadway at its north end.
375 miles
It is little more than 5 miles between LaGuardia Airport and Harlem as a straight shot (in Manhattan). If you are specifically asking for Midtown, it's between 6 and 6.5 miles (9.7 to 10.5 kilometers) from LaGuardia Airport to East 59th Street, driving west on the Triboro Plaza, over the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, and then down the East Side of Manhattan.
Rule of thumb: In Manhattan, 20 short blocks is around a mile. Your trip is close to three miles.