Pearl Street & Hanover Square

Pearl Street and Hanover Square meet at a four-way crossing in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Stone Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 58 public places, 16 of them listed historic places, and 153 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Water St/Old Slip · M15, SIM5
Within a walk
58 places
17 public spaces, 16 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Hanover Square Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    730 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Broad St J, Z
    900 feet
    J Z
  2. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    1,250 feet
    1 R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Wall” (1990) by Harry Roseman at the Wall St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Water St/Old Slip, 360 feet away, for the M15 and SIM5.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Old Slip M15, SIM5
    360 feet
    M15 SIM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 72 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    90 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes 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 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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 7,000 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hanover Square

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hanover Square

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM

East side of Pearl Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM
  • Farmers market 4 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 THURSDAY 6AM-7PM

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: 100156, 100159, 100220, 100223 and 116173.

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 nine Individual Landmarks, and 42 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. Delmonico's Building Designated landmark
    280 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
    480 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 public places.

  • 17 public spaces
  • 16 listed historic places
  • 8 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sfinity Trade or language school
    550 feet
  2. Millennium High School
    710 feet
  3. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    910 feet
Show all 14
  1. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    940 feet
  2. Pine Street School
    1,080 feet
  3. Quad Preparatory School
    1,110 feet
  4. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  6. The King's College
    1,250 feet
  7. Bright Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  8. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  9. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,260 feet
  10. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,260 feet
  11. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    40 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    260 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    680 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    250 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    540 feet
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  1. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    490 feet
  2. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    530 feet
  3. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    590 feet
  4. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    620 feet
  5. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    710 feet
  6. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    740 feet
  7. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    750 feet
  8. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    790 feet
  9. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    980 feet
  10. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    990 feet
  11. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    1,000 feet
  12. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,160 feet
  13. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    1,180 feet
  14. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,250 feet
  15. Public space at Wall Street Plaza Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    410 feet
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  1. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    670 feet
  4. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    670 feet
  5. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    680 feet
  6. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    780 feet
  7. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    830 feet
  8. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    860 feet
  9. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    910 feet
  10. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  11. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  12. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  13. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  14. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    170 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    610 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 153 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 30 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hanover Square 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.