Pearl Street & William Street

Pearl Street and William Street meet at a six-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Stone Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hanover Bank Building stands 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Wall St, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 64 public places, 16 of them listed historic places, and 138 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wall St
610 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Water St/Old Slip · M15, SIM5
Within a walk
64 places
18 public spaces, 16 listed historic places and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & William Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wall St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wall St 2, 3
    610 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Broad St J, Z
    770 feet
    J Z
  2. Whitehall St-South Ferry 1, R, W
    1,130 feet
    1 R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Wall” (1990) by Harry Roseman at the Wall St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Water St/Old Slip, 490 feet away, for the M15 and SIM5.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Water St/Old Slip M15, SIM5
    490 feet
    M15 SIM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. SIM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Hanover Square and William Street.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & Hanover Square 68 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at South Street & FDR Drive, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.6 miles
  2. 25 Broadway Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 7,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 330 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Hanover Square

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hanover Square

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM

East side of Pearl Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM
  • Farmers market 4 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 THURSDAY 6AM-7PM

West side of Pearl Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 100156, 100159, 100220, 100223, 116038 and 116173.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Stone Street Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 11 Individual Landmarks, and 44 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1719 and 1983.

  1. Hanover Bank Building Designated landmark
    60 feet
  2. J. & W. Seligman & Company Building Designated landmark
    100 feet
  3. Delmonico's Building Designated landmark
    170 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Coenties Slip.

  1. Coenties Ship Sculpture by Bryan Hunt, 2006
    520 feet
  2. Vietnam Memorial Memorial wall by William Fellows and Peter Wormser, 1985
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 public places.

  • 18 public spaces
  • 16 listed historic places
  • 8 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sfinity Trade or language school
    430 feet
  2. Millennium High School
    590 feet
  3. Leman Manhattan Prep School
    790 feet
Show all 15
  1. Pine Street School
    960 feet
  2. Quad Preparatory School
    990 feet
  3. NY Inst of Security & Polygraph Sci Trade or language school
    990 feet
  4. Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School
    1,010 feet
  5. The King's College
    1,130 feet
  6. Manhattan Language Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  7. Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
    1,140 feet
  8. Richard R. Green High School of Teaching School
    1,140 feet
  9. Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The School
    1,140 feet
  10. Center for Hearing and Communication Preschool
    1,200 feet
  11. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  12. Global Education Insurance School Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
    50 feet
  2. Old Slip Park
    380 feet
  3. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vietnam Veterans Plaza
    780 feet
  2. Bowling Green Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 10 Hanover Square Public space
    360 feet
  2. Coenties Slip Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    640 feet
  3. Louise Nevelson Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet
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  1. Public space at 100 Pearl Street Public space
    370 feet
  2. Public space at 55 Broad Street Public space
    470 feet
  3. Public space at Barclays Bank Public space
    600 feet
  4. Public space at 77 Water Street Public space
    610 feet
  5. Public space at Goldman Sachs Public space
    680 feet
  6. Public space at 55 Water Street Public space
    740 feet
  7. Public space at J.P. Morgan Public space
    770 feet
  8. Public space at Financial Square Public space
    830 feet
  9. Public space at 95 Wall Street Public space
    860 feet
  10. Public space at 40 Broad Street Public space
    1,040 feet
  11. Public space at 100 Wall Street Public space
    1,070 feet
  12. Public space at 4 New York Plaza Public space
    1,090 feet
  13. Public space at 111 Wall Street Public space
    1,100 feet
  14. Public space at 52 Broadway Public space
    1,130 feet
  15. Public space at Liberty Tower Public space
    1,240 feet
  16. Public space at 110 Wall Street Public space
    1,250 feet
  17. Public space at Bank of New York Public space
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Cotton Exchange (India House) Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Fraunces Tavern Museum Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. Charging Bull Statue Public artwork
    1,210 feet
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  1. Stone Street Historic District Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Beaver Building Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Wall and Hanover Building Listed historic place
    550 feet
  4. First Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    590 feet
  5. First National City Bank (Merchants' Exchange) Listed historic place
    610 feet
  6. Broad Exchange Building Listed historic place
    660 feet
  7. American Bank Note Company Office Building Listed historic place
    710 feet
  8. Bank of New York Building Listed historic place
    740 feet
  9. Fraunces Tavern Block Listed historic place
    770 feet
  10. Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Listed historic place
    780 feet
  11. Wall Street Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet
  12. J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Listed historic place
    950 feet
  13. Manhattan Company Building Listed historic place
    960 feet
  14. New York Stock Exchange Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  15. Wallace Building Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  16. Federal Hall National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  17. National Museum of the American Indian Museum · listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church House of worship
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 4/Ladder 15 Fire station
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    640 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Westfield World Trade Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Pier 11 Wall Street Ferry Landing
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 138 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hanover Square, Pearl Street, Stone Street or William 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.