St James Place & James Street

St James Place and James Street meet at a three-way junction in Chinatown-Two Bridges, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. James Triangle is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about eight minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 86 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Madison St/Saint James Pl · M15
Within a walk
41 places
13 religious buildings, 6 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St James Place & James Street 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 eight minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Canal St 6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z
    0.5 miles
    6 J N Q R W 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 Madison St/Saint James Pl, 340 feet away, for the M15.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Saint James Pl M15
    340 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St James Pl & Oliver St 48 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1,080 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. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2013
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 7pm on St James Place (west side).

East side of James Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of James Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St James Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 100279.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1801 and 1903.

  1. Saint James Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Zion English Lutheran Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lin Ze Xu Statue by Li Wei-Si, 1999
    360 feet
  2. Kimlau War Memorial Arch, 1962
    390 feet
  3. Confucius Statue by Liu Shih, 1976
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith School
    700 feet
  2. Queens Community Center Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. Hamilton Madison House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
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  1. Transfiguration School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Transfiguration School Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Acare Training Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  4. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    1,040 feet
  5. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    1,040 feet
  6. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    1,040 feet
  7. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    1,040 feet
  8. Chinatown Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  9. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. James Triangle
    60 feet
  2. Kimlau Square
    340 feet
  3. James Madison Plaza
    490 feet
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  1. Playground One Playground
    570 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    800 feet
  3. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    810 feet
  4. Columbus Park Playground
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    970 feet
  2. Doyers Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Shearith Israel Graveyard Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Kimlau Arch Monument or memorial
    390 feet
  3. Two Bridges Historic District Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
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  1. Edward Mooney House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Chatham Square Library Landmark
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mariners Temple Baptist Church Landmark
    340 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Transfiguration Catholic Church Listed historic place
    950 feet
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  1. First Chinese Baptist NYC House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Chinese Evangelist Mission Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. Chinese Baptist Conservative Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Alfred E Smith Recreation Center
    1,120 feet
  2. Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Kam Man Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Chinatown Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Hong Kong Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 86 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along James Street or St James Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.