Pearl Street & Park Row

Pearl Street and Park Row meet at a four-way crossing in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan. The corner is also named Joseph Doherty Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Andrews RC Church is 530 feet away, and African Burial Ground National Monument is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Park Row/Worth St · M9, M103
Within a walk
45 places
9 religious buildings, 7 parks and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Park Row Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 980 feet from this corner, about four 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
    980 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. City Hall R, W
    0.4 miles
    R W
  2. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.4 miles
    6 J N Q R W Z

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, 560 feet away, for the M9 and M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St James Pl & Oliver St 48 docks in all
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1,110 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
17 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Joseph Doherty Corner, a co-naming enacted on June 15, 1990 (Local Law 26 of 1990).

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Joseph Doherty Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Park Row

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Park Row

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO U S MARSHALS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Pearl Street

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Pearl Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1835 and 1927.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    740 feet
  2. Municipal Building Designated landmark
    750 feet
  3. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    770 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
    580 feet
  2. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    770 feet
  3. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 parks
  • 6 schools
  • 4 courthouses
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    820 feet
  2. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    820 feet
  3. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
Show all 11
  1. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    820 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    820 feet
  3. District 2 Pre-K Center at 10 Reade Street Pre-K center
    1,180 feet
  4. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,200 feet
  5. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  6. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  7. Acare Training Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  8. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James Madison Plaza
    530 feet
  2. Thomas Paine Park
    730 feet
  3. Kimlau Square
    750 feet
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  1. Columbus Park
    860 feet
  2. Columbus Park Playground
    870 feet
  3. St. James Triangle
    1,000 feet
  4. Playground One Playground
    1,140 feet
  5. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,240 feet
  6. City Hall Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Municipal Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    700 feet
  2. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    1,000 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Historical Records NY CNTY Clerk Research library · landmark
    630 feet
  2. Triumph of the Human Spirit Statue Monument or memorial
    780 feet
  3. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
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  1. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    780 feet
  2. Chambers Street Subway Station (BMT) Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. NYC Municipal Archives Research library · listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  5. African Burial Ground National Monument Historic site
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Mariners Temple Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    210 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    580 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse Landmark · listed historic place
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 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 47 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Row 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, NYC Records, 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.