Bowery & Pell Street

Bowery and Pell Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Doyers Street Plaza is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about seven minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 177 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1915, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Bowery/Bayard St · M103
Within a walk
45 places
18 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bowery & Pell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.4 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z
  2. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowery/Bayard St, 60 feet away, for the M103.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowery/Bayard St M103
    60 feet
    M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Division St & Bowery 74 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 59 Allen Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10013
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bowery

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Pell Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SATURDAY & SUNDAY 11AM-11PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of Pell Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100036 and 116338.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1801 and 1903.

  1. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Confucius Triangle.

  1. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    150 feet
  2. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    500 feet
  3. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    430 feet
  3. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    610 feet
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  1. Acare Training Trade or language school
    640 feet
  2. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    830 feet
  4. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    950 feet
  5. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    950 feet
  6. P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
    960 feet
  7. The Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  8. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kimlau Square
    480 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    830 feet
  3. St. James Triangle
    940 feet
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  1. Columbus Park Playground
    950 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    960 feet
  3. Sophie Irene Loeb Playground
    1,240 feet
  4. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,270 feet
  5. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    500 feet
  3. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    750 feet
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  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    560 feet
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  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    680 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. St Barbara Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Chrystie Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 177 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowery or Pell Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.