South Street & Pedestrian Path

South Street and Pedestrian Path meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Smith development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. East River Waterfront Esplanade is 40 feet away, and Tanahey Playground is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and three places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
1,090 feet
Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl · M15, M22
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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South Street & Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    0.4 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 …

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, 1,090 feet away, for the M15 and M22.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint James Pl/Robert F Wagner Sr Pl M15, M22
    1,090 feet
    M15 M22

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Peck Slip & South St 45 docks in all
    1,300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at Brooklyn Bridge & FDR Drive at South Street, 340 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2019.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 29 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival and Vernacular, and mostly built between 1810 and 1867.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,160 feet
  2. P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    40 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    610 feet
  3. Tanahey Playground
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. FishBridge Park Garden
    1,260 feet
  2. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    1,260 feet
  3. Peck Slip Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pedestrian Path or South 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.