Pearl Street & Cardinal Hayes Place

Pearl Street and Cardinal Hayes Place meet at a three-way junction 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. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about three minutes on foot, and 14 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, seven of them parks, and 36 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Park Row/Worth St · M9, M103
Within a walk
38 places
7 parks, 6 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Cardinal Hayes Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 14 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    770 feet
    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. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.4 miles
    6 J N Q R W 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 Park Row/Worth St, 770 feet away, for the M9 and M103.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Row/Worth St M9, M103
    770 feet
    M9 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Worth St 120 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,260 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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 April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10007
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Eight 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
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

South side of Pearl Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1801 and 1936.

  1. Municipal Building Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    730 feet
  3. Court Square Building Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in One Police Plaza.

  1. 5 in 1 Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1974
    550 feet
  2. Foley Square Medallions Medallions, 2000
    640 feet
  3. Abraham De Peyster Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1896
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 7 parks
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 courthouses
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    970 feet
  2. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    1,030 feet
  3. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    1,030 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    1,030 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    1,030 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  4. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Paine Park
    520 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    650 feet
  3. Columbus Park Playground
    660 feet
Show all 8
  1. James Madison Plaza
    740 feet
  2. Kimlau Square
    960 feet
  3. City Hall Park
    1,100 feet
  4. Collect Pond Park
    1,120 feet
  5. St. James Triangle
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    600 feet
  2. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library · landmark
    420 feet
  2. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    570 feet
  3. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    890 feet
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  1. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    990 feet
  2. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  4. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    1,090 feet
  5. African Burial Ground Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  6. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  7. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Mariners Temple Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    100 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    370 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
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  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Supreme Court Criminal Term 100 Centre St Courthouse
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 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 36 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cardinal Hayes Place or Pearl 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.