Pearl Street & Coenties Alley

Pearl Street and Coenties Alley meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Stone Street Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Coenties Slip Plaza is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 51 public places, 11 of them listed historic places, and 143 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Water St/Coenties Slip East · BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
51 places
17 public spaces, 11 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Coenties Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    960 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. Wall St 2, 3
    1,090 feet
    2 3
  2. Broad St J, Z
    1,120 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/Coenties Slip East, 320 feet away, for the BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Coenties Slip East BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4
    320 feet
    BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM1 …
  2. BM2 …
  3. BM3 …
  4. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2019.

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on Pearl Street (east side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 5pm on Pearl Street (east side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on Pearl Street (west side).

North side of Coenties Alley

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Coenties Alley

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100045, 100156 and 115966.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Stone Street Historic District.

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 40 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. Block Hall Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    360 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    120 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 public places.

  • 17 public spaces
  • 11 listed historic places
  • 5 parks
  • 5 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Millennium High School
    430 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Sfinity Trade or language school
    910 feet
Show all 9
  1. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  2. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,120 feet
  3. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,260 feet
  4. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  5. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,260 feet
  6. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    290 feet
  2. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    430 feet
  3. Old Slip Park
    650 feet
Show all 7
  1. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    970 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    980 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,030 feet
  4. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    150 feet
  2. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    320 feet
  3. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    510 feet
Show all 18
  1. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    600 feet
  2. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    640 feet
  3. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    700 feet
  4. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    890 feet
  5. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    900 feet
  6. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    920 feet
  7. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    960 feet
  8. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    990 feet
  9. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    1,010 feet
  10. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    1,060 feet
  11. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    1,090 feet
  12. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,100 feet
  13. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    1,130 feet
  14. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,150 feet
  15. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,150 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    280 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    290 feet
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  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    800 feet
  4. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    860 feet
  5. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    930 feet
  6. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  7. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  8. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  9. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  10. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    560 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 143 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coenties Alley 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.