Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge

Pearl Street and Brooklyn Bridge meet at a four-way crossing in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. James Madison Plaza is 490 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 23 public places, six of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 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
240 feet
Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl · M15, M22
Within a walk
23 places
6 schools, 5 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Brooklyn Bridge 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 Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl, 240 feet away, for the M15 and M22.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl M15, M22
    240 feet
    M15 M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 26 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
    520 feet

By car

A ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound starts at this corner.

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

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 November 2025.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 between 1950 and 1971.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 41 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1823 and 1873.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    610 feet
  2. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    610 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    610 feet
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  1. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    610 feet
  2. The Peck Slip School Landmark
    800 feet
  3. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. FishBridge Park Garden
    300 feet
  2. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    300 feet
  3. James Madison Plaza
    490 feet
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  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    860 feet
  2. Pearl St Playground
    980 feet
  3. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. Peck Slip Park
    1,080 feet
  5. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,110 feet
  6. St. James Triangle
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    390 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    850 feet
  2. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Bridge 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.