1st Avenue & Navy Street

The three-way junction of 1st Avenue and Navy Street is in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Farragut development. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Commodore Barry Park is 780 feet away, and Farragut Community Center is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Navy St/Sands St · B62
Within a walk
14 places
4 schools, 2 community centers and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & Navy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. York St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Navy St/Sands St, 150 feet away, for the B62.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Navy St/Sands St B62
    150 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sands St Gate 19 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 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 Farragut development.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1805 and 1806.

  1. Commandant's House, Quarters A Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams School
    830 feet
  2. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ember Charter High School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pulse Garden - Farragut Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    140 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park
    780 feet
  3. Vinegar Hill Community Garden
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Golconda Playground
    1,130 feet
  2. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Open Door Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Farragut Community center
    440 feet
  2. Older adult center at 228 York Street Older adult center
    850 feet
  3. Farragut Community Center
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 1st Avenue or Navy 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.