Pearl Street & Coenties Slip

Pearl Street and Coenties Slip 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. The sculpture “Coenties Ship” is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 48 public places, 11 of them listed historic places, and 138 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Water St/Coenties Slip East · BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
48 places
17 public spaces, 11 listed historic places and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Coenties Slip Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    910 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
    1,140 feet
    2 3
  2. Broad St J, Z
    1,170 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, 270 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
    270 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.

  • 58 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
    350 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
    2.8 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

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 March 2021.

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
  • 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 1931 and 1969.

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
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

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 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Farmers market 4 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 THURSDAY 6AM-7PM

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 six Individual Landmarks, and 39 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
    250 feet
  2. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    420 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
    80 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 public places.

  • 17 public spaces
  • 11 listed historic places
  • 5 parks
  • 2 museums
  • 2 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Millennium High School
    490 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Sfinity Trade or language school
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  2. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    230 feet
  2. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    480 feet
  3. Old Slip Park
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    910 feet
  2. The Battery Park
    920 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,070 feet
  4. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  5. Battery Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    90 feet
  2. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    380 feet
  3. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    540 feet
Show all 18
  1. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    570 feet
  2. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    640 feet
  3. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    690 feet
  4. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    910 feet
  5. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    930 feet
  6. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    940 feet
  7. Public space at 2 New York Plaza Public space
    950 feet
  8. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    960 feet
  9. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    980 feet
  10. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    1,000 feet
  11. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    1,030 feet
  12. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    1,140 feet
  13. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    1,170 feet
  14. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    1,200 feet
  15. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,210 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    220 feet
  3. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    340 feet
Show all 13
  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    860 feet
  4. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    900 feet
  5. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  6. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  7. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  8. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  9. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  10. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 138 places to eat and six 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 Slip 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.