Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Washington Street

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Washington Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 109 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Anchorage Plaza is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them parks, and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
75 hurt
109 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
920 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Washington St/Prospect St · B25
Within a walk
24 places
7 parks, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    920 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
    1,030 feet
    A C
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington St/Prospect St, 260 feet away, for the B25.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington St/Prospect St B25
    260 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Washington Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Washington St 57 docks in all
    430 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
    820 feet
  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 109 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 75 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
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 43 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch and Industrial Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1877 and 1908.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. 84th Police Precinct Designated landmark
    740 feet
  3. Brooklyn Children's Aid Society Designated landmark
    770 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Underpasses.

  1. This Way Light installation by Linnaea Tillett and Karin Tehve, 2009
    290 feet
  2. William Jay Gaynor Memorial Bust by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1926
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 parks
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 park features
  • 1 fire station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  3. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    990 feet
Show all 9
  1. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    990 feet
  2. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,010 feet
  3. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,010 feet
  4. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  6. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    40 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    420 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    900 feet
Show all 10
  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    920 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    970 feet
  3. Walt Whitman Park
    990 feet
  4. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,050 feet
  5. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    1,050 feet
  6. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,160 feet
  7. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,170 feet
  2. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St Anns Warehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and six 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.