Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Sands Street

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Sands Street meet at a five-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Thomson Meter Company Building stands 520 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them parks, and 12 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs through this corner.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Sands St/Gold St · B69
Within a walk
17 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    1,000 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
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sands St/Gold St, 340 feet away, for the B69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sands St/Gold St B69 · Shelter
    340 feet
    B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

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

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 495 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1860 and 1909.

  1. Thomson Meter Company Building Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 2 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    920 feet
  2. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    920 feet
  3. Amg School of Nursing College
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bridge Park 3 Park
    40 feet
  2. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    740 feet
  3. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    800 feet
  2. Golconda Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Vinegar Hill Community Garden
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    790 feet
  2. Brooklyn Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet
  3. Public space at 203 Jay Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Open Door Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Farragut Community center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Sands 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.