Mott Street & Pell Street

Mott Street and Pell Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Transfiguration Catholic Church is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Canal St, is about six minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 179 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canal St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Worth St/Mott St · M22
Within a walk
37 places
13 religious buildings, 4 courthouses and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mott Street & Pell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canal St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.3 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. N …
  3. Q …
  4. R …
  5. W …
Downtown
7 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. J …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …
  6. W …
  7. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 J Z
  2. Grand St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Empress Voyage 2.22.1794” (1998) by Bing Lee at the Canal St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Worth St/Mott St, 540 feet away, for the M22.

  • 27 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Worth St/Mott St M22
    540 feet
    M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bayard St & Baxter St 43 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2023 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Mott Street

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 zone: 100038.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1801 and 1924.

  1. Citizens Savings Bank Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue by Lu Chun-Hsiung, 2019
    380 feet
  2. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    560 feet
  3. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 courthouses
  • 4 parks
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. Chinatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    520 feet
  3. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chintatown Manpower Project Trade or language school
    520 feet
  2. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    810 feet
  3. Acare Training Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  4. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  5. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park Playground
    440 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    450 feet
  3. Kimlau Square
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. St. James Triangle
    910 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Thomas Paine Park
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    650 feet
  3. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chatham Square Library
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration Catholic Church Landmark · listed historic place
    90 feet
  2. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    190 feet
  3. Trust in God Baptist Church House of worship
    410 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    860 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    990 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,010 feet
  3. Supreme Court Criminal Term 111 Centre St Courthouse
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 5th Precinct Police station
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    420 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 179 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mott Street or Pell Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.