Pearl Street & Beekman Street

Pearl Street and Beekman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the South Street Seaport Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,584 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. New York City Charter School of the Arts is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and five more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Pearl St/Beekman St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
29 places
8 public spaces, 6 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Beekman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    1,100 feet
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St 2, 3, A, C, E, R, W
    0.4 miles
    2 3 A C E R W
  2. Wall St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists three works at the Fulton St station, among them “Astral Grating” (1987) by Nancy Holt and “Marine Grill Murals, c. 1913 for the McAlpin Hotel” (2000) by Frederick Dana Marsh.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pearl St/Beekman St, 110 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pearl St/Beekman St M15 SBS
    110 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cliff St & Fulton St 65 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge at FDR Drive Entry Ramp, 750 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.5 miles
  2. 25 Park Row Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2015
  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,584 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 524th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 505 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,300 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 1971 and 1981.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Pearl Street (west side).

North side of Beekman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Beekman Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Pearl Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 116300.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 124 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1811 and 1853.

  1. Volunteer Hospital Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. Fulton Market Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Schermerhorn Row Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    400 feet
  2. The Peck Slip School Landmark
    610 feet
  3. KinderCare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Titus School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pearl St Playground
    50 feet
  2. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    580 feet
  3. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. FishBridge Park Garden
    710 feet
  2. Imagination Playground
    730 feet
  3. Peck Slip Park
    740 feet
  4. DeLury Square
    760 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    560 feet
  2. Public space at Pier 17 Public space
    740 feet
  3. Public space at 180 Water Street Public space
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at 15 Cliff Street Public space
    870 feet
  2. Public space at 175 Water Street Public space
    880 feet
  3. Public space at 160 Water Street Public space
    970 feet
  4. Public space at 130 William Street Public space
    1,160 feet
  5. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Museum Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Schermerhorn Row Block Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 7
  1. John Street Building No. 170--176 Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Insurance Company of North America Building Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. W.O. Decker (Tugboat) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. Helen McAllister, Harbor Tugboat Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Wall St Synagogue House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    500 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    400 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beekman Street or Pearl Street.

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