Madison Street & St James Place

Madison Street and St James Place meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Playground One is 580 feet away, and Chinese Evangelist Mission Church is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about six minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Madison St/Saint James Pl · M15
Within a walk
36 places
13 religious buildings, 5 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & St James Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z
  2. City Hall R, W
    0.4 miles
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison St/Saint James Pl, 90 feet away, for the M15.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Saint James Pl M15
    90 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Madison Street and St James Place.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St James Pl & Pearl St 27 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 710 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.2 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 in 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and June 2020; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St James Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of St James Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Greek Revival, and built between 1835 and 1845.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    390 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    730 feet
  2. Governor Alfred E. Smith Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1950
    750 feet
  3. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 5 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    660 feet
  2. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    660 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    870 feet
  3. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  4. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James Madison Plaza
    110 feet
  2. St. James Triangle
    430 feet
  3. Playground One Playground
    580 feet
Show all 9
  1. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    710 feet
  2. Kimlau Square
    710 feet
  3. FishBridge Park Garden
    1,060 feet
  4. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    1,060 feet
  5. Columbus Park
    1,170 feet
  6. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    600 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    770 feet
  3. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    720 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    870 feet
  2. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Madison Street or St James Place.

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