Columbia Heights & Doughty Street

Columbia Heights and Doughty Street meet at a five-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fulton Ferry Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Old Fulton Plaza is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about seven minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them parks, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
15 places
6 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbia Heights & Doughty Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3
  2. York St F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 640 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    640 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Fulton St 39 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 1,050 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1.1 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
    2.8 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbia Heights

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Columbia Heights

  • No standing 16 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Doughty Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Doughty Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Everit Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Everit Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fulton Ferry Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 99 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1835 and 1890.

  1. Brooklyn City Railroad Company Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. Marine Fire Boat Station Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    890 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    890 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hillside Dog Park
    170 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    220 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    500 feet
Show all 8
  1. Harry Chapin Playground
    560 feet
  2. Poplar Street Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. Anchorage Plaza
    640 feet
  4. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    670 feet
  5. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Columbia Heights, Doughty Street or Everit 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.