Pearl Street & State Street

Pearl Street and State Street meet at a three-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan, at the edge of The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Battery is 40 feet away, and the cenotaph “Wireless Operators Memorial” is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitehall St-South Ferry, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, six of them schools, and 86 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitehall St-South Ferry
160 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, R, W
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
State St/Bridge St · M20, M55
Within a walk
38 places
7 public spaces, 6 schools and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & State Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitehall St-South Ferry, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    160 feet
    1 R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Bowling Green 4, 5
    390 feet
    4 5
  2. Rector St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passages” (2000) by Frank Giorgini and “See it split, see it change” (2009) by Doug & Michael Starn at the Whitehall St-South Ferry station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is State St/Bridge St, 80 feet away, for the M20 and M55.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. State St/Bridge St M20, M55
    80 feet
    M20 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …
  2. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Whitehall St 44 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.5 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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; the corner is on the edge of the The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island area
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 100 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 1985.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on Pearl Street (south side).

North side of Pearl Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Pearl Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYS DEPT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of State Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of State Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100174.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1793 and 1907.

  1. Interborough Rapid Transit System, Battery Park Control House Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Castle Clinton Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. International Mercantile Marine Company Building Designated landmark
    660 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Battery Park.

  1. Wireless Operators Memorial Cenotaph, 1915
    40 feet
  2. John Ericsson Memorial Statue by Jonathan Scott Hartley, 1903
    180 feet
  3. Battery Park Cannon Artillery, 1914
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 7 public spaces
  • 6 schools
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 parks
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Flatiron School Trade or language school
    890 feet
  2. Mildred Elley-Nyc College
    1,080 feet
  3. Lang School
    1,100 feet
Show all 14
  1. Relay School of Education College
    1,080 feet
  2. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    1,130 feet
  3. Institute of Career Continuity Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  4. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
    1,170 feet
  5. Nyfa College
    1,170 feet
  6. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  7. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,180 feet
  8. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,180 feet
  9. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,180 feet
  10. Bright Horizons at Broad Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet
  11. District 2 Pre-K Center at 2-26 Washington Street Pre-K center
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Battery Park
    40 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Plaza in The Battery Park feature
    400 feet
  3. Battery Park Playground
    440 feet
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  1. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Admiral Dewey Promenade in The Battery Park feature
    1,000 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 17 State Street Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Battery Park Plaza Public space
    270 feet
  3. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at 1 State Street Plaza Public space
    430 feet
  2. Public space at 1 New York Plaza Public space
    950 feet
  3. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    1,130 feet
  4. Public space at 17 Battery Place Public space
    1,170 feet
  5. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    950 feet
  3. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    960 feet
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  1. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Giovanni Da Verrazzano Monument Monument or memorial
    1,250 feet
  3. Citizens Housing and Planning Counci Research library
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Listed historic place
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. US Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    640 feet

Other places

  1. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Ferry landing
    990 feet
  2. Governors Island Ferry Manhattan Terminal Ferry landing · listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 86 places to eat and two 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 Pearl Street or State 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.