Court Street & Livingston Street

Court Street and Livingston Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building stands 130 feet away, and Terminal Building stands 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
400 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Livingston St/Court St · B45
Within a walk
31 places
7 trade or language schools, 5 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Livingston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes 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
    400 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
    0.3 miles
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livingston St/Court St, 90 feet away, for the B45.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livingston St/Court St B45 · Shelter
    90 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 104 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Schermerhorn St & Court St 59 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.5 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2012
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016
  • Turn calming, March 2025

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Court Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Court Street

  • No parking 3 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 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Livingston Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO BOARD OF ELECTIONS MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 300546.

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 two Individual Landmarks, and 173 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1847 and 1879.

  1. Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Terminal Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. Brooklyn Municipal Building Designated landmark
    300 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Columbus Park.

  1. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Anneta Duveen, 1972
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    490 feet
  2. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  3. A Fantis Parochial School
    740 feet
Show all 15
  1. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    490 feet
  2. Packer Collegiate Institute School · landmark
    840 feet
  3. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    880 feet
  4. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    880 feet
  5. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    880 feet
  6. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    880 feet
  7. Brooklyn Law School College
    900 feet
  8. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    1,010 feet
  9. New Allen School Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  10. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  11. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    1,250 feet
  12. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    490 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    560 feet
  2. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    1,000 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. New York Transit Museum
    680 feet
  3. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Friends Meetinghouse and School Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  2. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    960 feet
  2. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,060 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    290 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    720 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,090 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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