Adams Street & Tillary Street

Adams Street and Tillary Street meet at a five-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 156 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cadman Plaza Post Office is 310 feet away, and Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
87 hurt
156 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Tillary St/Adams St · B26
Within a walk
34 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adams Street & Tillary Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    1,150 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    1,240 feet
    2 3 4 5 R
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.3 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tillary St/Adams St, 220 feet away, for the B26.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tillary St/Adams St B26
    220 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cadman Plaza E & Tillary St 52 docks in all
    450 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 156 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 87 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 16 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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

Homes

About 1,200 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.

Since 2014 at least 55 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 4 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Tillary Street (south side).

East side of Adams Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Adams Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO AWM & FLEO
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO U S MARSHALS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 300135.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1885 and 1891.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Columbus Park.

  1. Henry Ward Beecher Monument Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1891
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 5 courthouses
  • 5 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    680 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    680 feet
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  1. Community High School
    840 feet
  2. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    880 feet
  3. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,030 feet
  4. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  5. Saint Ann's School
    1,090 feet
  6. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,120 feet
  7. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,120 feet
  8. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  9. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    1,160 feet
  10. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    1,160 feet
  11. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  12. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    440 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    450 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    510 feet
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  1. Walt Whitman Park
    530 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park
    540 feet
  3. McLaughlin Park Playground
    670 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 203 Jay Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Library
    940 feet
  2. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Cathedral Basilica Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  3. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cadman Plaza Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    410 feet
  3. Federal Courthouse Eastern District Courthouse
    480 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    770 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    810 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adams Street, Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Path or Tillary Street.

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