Pearl Street & Madison Street

Pearl Street and Madison Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. James Madison Plaza is 50 feet away, and Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about five minutes on foot, and 14 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Pearl St/Pearl St · M15
Within a walk
36 places
9 religious buildings, 5 parks and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Madison Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five 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
    1,280 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. 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 Pearl St/Pearl St, 410 feet away, for the M15.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pearl St/Pearl St M15
    410 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 630 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

South side of Madison Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY

North side of Pearl Street

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Pearl Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival and Greek Revival, one each, and built between 1835 and 1936.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    710 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in One Police Plaza.

  1. 5 in 1 Sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, 1974
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 5 schools
  • 3 courthouses
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    340 feet
  2. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    340 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    340 feet
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  1. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,190 feet
  3. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James Madison Plaza
    50 feet
  2. St. James Triangle
    760 feet
  3. Playground One Playground
    910 feet
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  1. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    950 feet
  2. FishBridge Park Garden
    980 feet
  3. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    980 feet
  4. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,030 feet
  5. Kimlau Square
    1,040 feet
  6. Thomas Paine Park
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    520 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet
  3. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    1,090 feet
  3. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library
    1,120 feet
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  1. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Mariners Temple Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  3. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    690 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,070 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Landmark · listed historic place
    1,070 feet
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  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    1,200 feet
  2. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and four 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 Madison Street 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.