Atlantic Avenue & Court Street

Atlantic Avenue and Court Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Reverend Manuel T. Sanchez Corner by local law. It lies on the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Antioch Pentecostal Church is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more.

Safety record
24 hurt
46 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Court St/Atlantic Av · B57
Within a walk
22 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Court Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    1,140 feet
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
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  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.4 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Atlantic Av, 60 feet away, for the B57.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Atlantic Av B57
    60 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Court Street.

  • 78 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amity St & Court St 32 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

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

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2013
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2016
  • Turn calming, July 2024
  • Leading pedestrian interval, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Reverend Manuel T. Sanchez Corner, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2008 (Local Law 64 of 2008).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Reverend Manuel T. Sanchez Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 26 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 1 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm on Court Street (east side), and as 1 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 10pm on Court Street (west side).

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUDNAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300101, 300104, 300274, 300275 and 342539.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 248 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1847 and 1870.

  1. South Brooklyn Savings Bank Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Public School No. 78 Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. (former) Brooklyn Athenaeum Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    340 feet
  2. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. A Fantis Parochial School
    510 feet
Show all 10
  1. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    760 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    1,030 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  4. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    1,140 feet
  5. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  6. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  7. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. New York Transit Museum
    920 feet
  3. Friends Meetinghouse and School Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Pentecostal Church Landmark
    160 feet
  2. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    490 feet
  3. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    590 feet
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    140 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    340 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 88 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Court Street.

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