Court Street & Joralemon Street

Court Street and Joralemon Street meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Columbus Park is 40 feet away, and Brooklyn City Hall stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 48 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 79 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 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
200 feet
Joralemon St/Adams St · B103
Within a walk
48 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Joralemon Street 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
  • 11 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
    1,000 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Joralemon St/Adams St, 200 feet away, for the B103.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Joralemon St/Adams St B103
    200 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 96 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Adams St 47 docks in all
    370 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Joralemon Street (south side).

East side of Court Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Court Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Joralemon Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY BOROUGH PRESIDENTMONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300121 and 342741.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 89 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate and Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1849 and 1913.

  1. Brooklyn City Hall Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Brooklyn Municipal Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  3. Temple Bar Building Designated landmark
    200 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
    430 feet
  2. Washington A. Roebling Memorial Stele by S. Hemming, 1973
    460 feet
  3. John Cashmore Marker Stele, 1965
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    200 feet
  2. Brooklyn Law School College
    440 feet
  3. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    550 feet
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  1. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    200 feet
  2. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    540 feet
  4. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    540 feet
  5. New Allen School Trade or language school
    710 feet
  6. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    920 feet
  7. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  8. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  9. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  10. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,000 feet
  11. Brooklyn Friends School
    1,030 feet
  12. St Ann's School
    1,040 feet
  13. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    1,050 feet
  14. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  15. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  16. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  17. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  18. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    1,160 feet
  19. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,200 feet
  20. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    40 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    650 feet
  2. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    910 feet
  3. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    220 feet
  3. New York Transit Museum
    1,100 feet
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  1. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  4. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  5. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,120 feet
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  1. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  4. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    1,080 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,100 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,170 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Court Street or Joralemon 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.