Pearl Street & St James Place

Pearl Street and St James Place meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts is 420 feet away, and Urban Assembly Maker Academy is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 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
120 feet
Pearl St/Pearl St · M15
Within a walk
30 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & St James 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 Pearl St/Pearl St, 120 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Pearl Street and St James Place.

  • 1 bicycle rack 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
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 340 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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)
Chinatown-Two Bridges
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,500 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of St James Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1835 and 1882.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 courthouse
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    420 feet
  2. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    420 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    420 feet
Show all 6
  1. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    420 feet
  2. The Peck Slip School
    1,200 feet
  3. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James Madison Plaza
    90 feet
  2. FishBridge Park Garden
    700 feet
  3. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    700 feet
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  1. St. James Triangle
    800 feet
  2. Playground One Playground
    950 feet
  3. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. Kimlau Square
    1,080 feet
  5. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,160 feet
  6. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    230 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. St Andrews RC Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    980 feet
  2. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    1,240 feet
  3. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pearl Street or St James Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.