Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place

Pearl Street and R F Wagner Sr Place meet at a six-way junction in Tribeca-Civic Center, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development. Between 2021 and 2025, 57 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. FishBridge Park Garden is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about six minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them schools, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
57 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl · M15, M22
Within a walk
25 places
6 schools, 5 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    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 Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl, 190 feet away, for the M15 and M22.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl M15, M22
    190 feet
    M15 M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St James Pl & Pearl St 27 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

A ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound starts at this corner.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 57 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1
Police precinct
5
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tribeca-Civic Center
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are 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 1950 and 1971.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Avenue of the Finest

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue of the Finest

  • Authorized vehicles only 6 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pearl Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 37 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and built between 1792 and 1950.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    550 feet
  2. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    550 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    550 feet
  2. The Peck Slip School Landmark
    860 feet
  3. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. FishBridge Park Garden
    350 feet
  2. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    350 feet
  3. James Madison Plaza
    430 feet
Show all 10
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    820 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Pearl St Playground
    1,040 feet
  4. Peck Slip Park
    1,140 feet
  5. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,140 feet
  6. St. James Triangle
    1,140 feet
  7. Playground One Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    340 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  2. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    910 feet
  2. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 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 15 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Finest, FDR Drive Entry Ramp, Pearl Street or R F Wagner Sr Place.

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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.