Adams Street & John Street

Adams Street and John Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the DUMBO Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brooklyn Bridge Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,220 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
16 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 park features and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adams Street & John Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 1,220 feet away, for the B67.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St/Jay St B67
    1,220 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Main St & Plymouth St 45 docks in all
    880 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2019.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 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 between 1896 and 1914.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of John Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of John Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 58 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and mostly built between 1892 and 1916.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. Explore Enrich Charter School
    610 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    30 feet
  2. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    320 feet
  3. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    450 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    630 feet
  2. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    700 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    500 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    230 feet
  2. Adams Street Library
    230 feet
  3. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    650 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manhattan Bridge Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Adams Street or John 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.