Court Street & Cadman Plaza West

Court Street and Cadman Plaza West meet at a five-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Montague-Court Building stands 130 feet away, and the bust “Robert F. Kennedy Memorial” is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Montague St · B52, B103
Within a walk
43 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 7 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Cadman Plaza West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    50 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. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    1,280 feet
    A C F R
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Montague St, 120 feet away, for the B52 and B103.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Montague St B52, B103
    120 feet
    B52 B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …
  2. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 106 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montague St & Clinton St 49 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

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

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2013
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 103 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2025 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Cadman Plaza West

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Court Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Montague Street

  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 1 sign AMBULETTE ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Montague Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300357 and 342773.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District.

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 61 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1923.

  1. Montague-Court Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Court and Remsen Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. Brooklyn City Hall Designated landmark
    370 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Anneta Duveen, 1972
    130 feet
  2. Washington A. Roebling Memorial Stele by S. Hemming, 1973
    160 feet
  3. Christopher Columbus Statue by Emma Stebbins, 1934
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Allen School Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. Saint Ann's School
    560 feet
  3. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    680 feet
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  1. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    390 feet
  2. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    390 feet
  3. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    390 feet
  4. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    490 feet
  5. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    490 feet
  6. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    680 feet
  7. Brooklyn Law School College
    780 feet
  8. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    810 feet
  9. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    920 feet
  10. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  11. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  12. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  13. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,220 feet
  14. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  15. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  16. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,280 feet
  17. Brooklyn Friends School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    50 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    540 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet
  2. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    800 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Library
    880 feet
  4. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    940 feet
  3. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    310 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Post Office Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    200 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    340 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Borough Hall Pedestrian Path, Cadman Plaza West, Court Street or Montague Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.