Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Navy Street

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Navy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B, Q and R. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Navy Street.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Park Av/Navy St · B62
Within a walk
16 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.4 miles
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Navy St, 70 feet away, for the B62.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Navy St B62
    70 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Navy Street.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nassau St & Navy St 58 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 70 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
84 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 86 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    660 feet
  3. Community Roots Charter School
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    1,050 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  3. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Commodore Barry Park
    70 feet
  2. Arbor Place Park
    140 feet
  3. Golconda Playground
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,040 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Open Door Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    850 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    920 feet
  3. Community center at Farragut Community center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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