Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Joralemon Street

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Joralemon Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Heights Promenade is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 6 · B63
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Joralemon Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
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  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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 6, 960 feet away, for the B63.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 6 B63
    960 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Atlantic Ave & Furman St 55 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1,180 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 2024.

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)
Brooklyn Heights

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the littleleaf linden.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 228 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1887.

  1. High Pressure Fire Service - Main Pumping station Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. 1st Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses (Settlement House) Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    650 feet
  3. Kinder Prep Childcare and Enrichment Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kinder Prep Childcare 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    60 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    140 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Park
    440 feet
Show all 8
  1. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    650 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    830 feet
  3. Pierrepont Playground
    960 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park Zone 6 Playground
    1,000 feet
  5. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Ferry Landing
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Joralemon 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 Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.