Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Jay Street

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Jay Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them parks, and 39 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Jay Street.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
150 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
24 places
6 parks, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Jay Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 150 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    150 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

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jay Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sands St & Jay St 48 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.8 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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1992 and 2018.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 29 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1907.

  1. Thomson Meter Company Building Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    360 feet
  2. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    360 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
Show all 10
  1. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Amg School of Nursing College
    690 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  4. Explore Enrich Charter School
    1,130 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    1,130 feet
  6. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  7. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    40 feet
  2. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    50 feet
  3. Bridge Park 3 Park
    230 feet
Show all 8
  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    530 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    1,010 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,110 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    1,250 feet
  5. Vinegar Hill Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    680 feet
  2. Brooklyn Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    830 feet
  3. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 203 Jay Street Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    480 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Jay Street.

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