Pearl Street & Broad Street

Pearl Street and Broad Street meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fraunces Tavern Museum is 70 feet away, and Leman Manhattan Prep School is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 55 public places and 132 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Water St/Broad St · QM65
Within a walk
55 places
14 public spaces, 12 listed historic places and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Broad Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    630 feet
    1 R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Bowling Green 4, 5
    900 feet
    4 5
  2. Broad St J, Z
    940 feet
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passages” (2000) by Frank Giorgini and “See it split, see it change” (2009) by Doug & Michael Starn at the Whitehall St-South Ferry station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Water St/Broad St, 200 feet away, for the QM65.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Broad St QM65
    200 feet
    QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pearl Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broad St & Bridge St 49 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.3 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10004
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1969.

Since 2014 at least 330 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broad Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • For-hire vehicles only 2 signs FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

West side of Broad Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pearl Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO WATERFRONT COMMISSION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pearl Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100045, 100046 and 115966.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District.

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 38 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1831 and 1857.

  1. Block Hall Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. American Bank Note Company Office Building Designated landmark
    490 feet
  3. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    620 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Coenties Slip.

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    300 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    570 feet
  3. Coast Guard Memorial Statue by Norman Millet Thomas, 1955
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 public places.

  • 14 public spaces
  • 12 listed historic places
  • 7 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Millennium High School
    550 feet
  3. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    940 feet
Show all 11
  1. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    940 feet
  2. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  3. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,090 feet
  4. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,090 feet
  5. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,090 feet
  6. Sfinity Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  7. Urban Assembly New York Harbor School
    1,210 feet
  8. Lang School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    510 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    630 feet
  3. The Battery Park
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    760 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    870 feet
  4. Old Slip Park
    980 feet
  5. Battery Park Playground
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    320 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    370 feet
  3. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    410 feet
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  1. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    630 feet
  2. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    660 feet
  3. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    660 feet
  4. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    680 feet
  5. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    720 feet
  6. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    730 feet
  7. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    750 feet
  8. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    920 feet
  9. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    970 feet
  10. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    990 feet
  11. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  12. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    150 feet
  3. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    720 feet
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  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    950 feet
  4. Battery Park Control House Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  5. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  6. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  7. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,150 feet
  8. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  9. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  10. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  11. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  12. International Mercantile Marine Company Building (U.S. Lines) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  13. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    900 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    540 feet

Other places

  1. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Ferry landing
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 132 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broad 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.