Adams Street & Front Street

Adams Street and Front Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Bridge Park is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 76 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
30 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adams Street & Front Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    770 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 670 feet away, for the B67.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St/Jay St B67
    670 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Adams Street and Front Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Washington St 57 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

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

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Front Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Front Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 59 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and mostly built between 1890 and 1914.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    790 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Underpasses.

  1. This Way Light installation by Linnaea Tillett and Karin Tehve, 2009
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 parks
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    930 feet
Show all 13
  1. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
  2. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  4. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    930 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Explore Enrich Charter School
    1,090 feet
  7. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    1,090 feet
  8. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    1,130 feet
  9. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    1,130 feet
  10. Amg School of Nursing College
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    530 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    700 feet
  3. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    790 feet
  2. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    870 feet
  3. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    900 feet
  4. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    950 feet
  5. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,010 feet
  6. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,060 feet
  7. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    380 feet
  2. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Adams Street Library
    820 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. Thomson Meter Company Building Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    420 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 30 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adams Street or Front 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.