Adams Street & York Street

Adams Street and York Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pearl Street Plaza is 710 feet away, and Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, six of them parks, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
27 places
6 parks, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adams Street & York Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    580 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
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 480 feet away, for the B67.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on York Street.

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & York St 54 docks in all
    320 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
    0.9 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet
  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 18 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 January 2025.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 582 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of York Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of York Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 42 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and built between 1877 and 2006.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    520 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
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    750 feet
  3. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    750 feet
Show all 10
  1. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Amg School of Nursing College
    1,040 feet
  4. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  5. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  6. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    1,240 feet
  7. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    370 feet
  2. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    580 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    1,120 feet
Show all 10
  1. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    720 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    750 feet
  3. Bridge Park 3 Park
    820 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    860 feet
  5. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,190 feet
  7. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet
  2. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    1,100 feet
  3. Brooklyn Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Thomson Meter Company Building Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Adams Street Library
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adams Street or York 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.