Street, on the north side of the street east of the Brooklyn Bridge, in the early 1970s. Built in 1991, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street houses the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In 2014, playwright and theater artist Toni Schlesinger's "The Mystery of Pearl Street"—about the 1997 disappearance of artists Camden Sylvia and Michael Sullivan from their Pearl Street apartment following a dispute with their landlord—debuted at the Dixon Place theater. Transportation The IRT Third Avenue elevated railway ran above Pearl Street from August 26, 1878, until December 22, 1950. When the elevated structure was removed, members of the India House at 1 Hanover Square proposed a maritime-themed park at Pearl Street and Hanover Square. The park was dedicated in November 1951. The run on Pearl Street between Madison Street and Fulton Street. The M22 local bus and the express buses serve short segments of the street. See also Fraunces Tavern 1 Wall Street Court References External links Pearl Street: A New York Songline NYPL Digital Gallery. Pearl St. items, various dates. Walsh, Kevin J., "Walking Pearl Street", Forgotten New York Streets in Manhattan Beaches of New York (state) Financial District, Manhattan Piers in New York City Shell middens in the United States