Pearl Street & Beaver Street

Pearl Street and Beaver Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Beaver Building, one of 13 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 120 feet away, and Fraunces Tavern Museum is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 65 public places, 14 of them listed historic places, and 148 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Water St/Wall St · M15, SIM5, SIM35
Within a walk
65 places
22 public spaces, 14 listed historic places and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Beaver Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    550 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Broad St J, Z
    930 feet
    J Z
  2. Wall St 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Wall” (1990) by Harry Roseman at the Wall St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Water St/Wall St, 330 feet away, for the M15, SIM5 and SIM35.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Wall St M15, SIM5, SIM35 · Shelter
    330 feet
    M15 SIM5 SIM35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Pearl Street.

  • 69 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.8 miles
  2. 1 West Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10005
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm, 3 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 10am to 10pm on Pearl Street (east side).

North side of Beaver Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Beaver Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pearl Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100223 and 100250.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 13 Individual Landmarks, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1836 and 1903.

  1. Beaver Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Cities Service Building Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. First National City Bank Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at East River Greenway.

  1. Community Island Pond Installation by Carl Cheng, 2001
    760 feet
  2. Shadows and Flags Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, 1978
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 public places.

  • 22 public spaces
  • 14 listed historic places
  • 8 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    410 feet
  2. Sfinity Trade or language school
    720 feet
  3. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
Show all 15
  1. Quad Preparatory Upper School
    810 feet
  2. New York English Academy Trade or language school
    810 feet
  3. Golden Minds Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  4. Pine Street School
    900 feet
  5. Quad Preparatory School
    930 feet
  6. Nysarc, Inc-Nyc Chapter School
    960 feet
  7. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,010 feet
  8. Millennium High School
    1,090 feet
  9. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  10. Titus School
    1,230 feet
  11. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  12. KinderCare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    350 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    630 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    1,200 feet
  2. Imagination Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    110 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet
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  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    430 feet
  2. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    440 feet
  3. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    470 feet
  4. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    500 feet
  5. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    650 feet
  6. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    730 feet
  7. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    740 feet
  8. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    760 feet
  9. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    770 feet
  10. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    870 feet
  11. Public space at Two Gold Public space
    900 feet
  12. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    940 feet
  13. Public space at 180 Maiden Lane Public space
    960 feet
  14. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    960 feet
  15. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    980 feet
  16. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    1,000 feet
  17. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    1,100 feet
  18. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    1,140 feet
  19. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    1,170 feet
  20. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,270 feet
  21. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    670 feet
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  1. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    880 feet
  4. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    890 feet
  5. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    900 feet
  6. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    990 feet
  7. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  8. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  9. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  10. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  11. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  12. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  13. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peck Slip Retail Post Office Listed historic place
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    490 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 148 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 27 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beaver Street or Pearl Street.

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