Cadman Plaza West & Johnson Street

Cadman Plaza West and Johnson Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Korean War Veterans Plaza is 60 feet away, and Saint Ann's School is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St · B103
Within a walk
34 places
6 religious buildings, 6 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cadman Plaza West & Johnson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    530 feet
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    1,310 feet
    2 3
  2. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St, 70 feet away, for the B103.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St B103
    70 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 86 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Tillary St 34 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 156 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cadman Plaza West

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CITY CLERK MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Johnson Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Johnson Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 91 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1909.

  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. National Title Guaranty Company Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. People's Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    380 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Columbus Park.

  1. Henry Ward Beecher Monument Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1891
    200 feet
  2. Christopher Columbus Statue by Emma Stebbins, 1934
    480 feet
  3. Washington A. Roebling Memorial Stele by S. Hemming, 1973
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 courthouses
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Ann's School
    110 feet
  2. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    190 feet
  3. New Allen School Trade or language school
    840 feet
Show all 14
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    880 feet
  3. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    880 feet
  4. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    880 feet
  5. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    950 feet
  6. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    980 feet
  7. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    980 feet
  8. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    1,080 feet
  9. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  10. Brooklyn Law School College
    1,270 feet
  11. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    60 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    60 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Library
    390 feet
  2. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Landmark · listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. First Unitarian Church Landmark
    740 feet
  3. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    920 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    930 feet
  3. Federal Courthouse Eastern District Courthouse
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cadman Plaza West or Johnson Street.

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