Atlantic Avenue & Smith Street

Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 71 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Criminal Court is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about three minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 71 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
36 hurt
71 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Atlantic Av/Smith St · B63, B65
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    770 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    1,220 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    1,260 feet
    A C G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Smith St, 130 feet away, for the B63 and B65.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Smith St B63, B65
    130 feet
    B63 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. State St & Smith St 66 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 71 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 36 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2013
  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Turn calming, February 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

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm on Smith Street (west side).

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300182, 300183, 342427, 342534 and 342535.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 24 Individual Landmarks, and 63 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1849 and 1874.

  1. Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sterling School
    470 feet
  2. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    570 feet
  3. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    830 feet
Show all 10
  1. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    870 feet
  2. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    980 feet
  4. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  5. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  6. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,100 feet
  7. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    740 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. New York Transit Museum
    1,020 feet
  3. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    490 feet
  2. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,110 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,160 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Smith 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.