Court Street & Remsen Street

Court Street and Remsen 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Court and Remsen Building stands 140 feet away, and Temple Bar Building stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 48 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
220 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St · B25, B26, B38, B41
Within a walk
48 places
10 religious buildings, 8 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Remsen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 220 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
    220 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
    1,190 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St, 80 feet away, for the B25, B26, B38 and B41.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St B25, B26, B38, B41
    80 feet
    B25 B26 B38 B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. B38 …
  4. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 101 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Adams St 47 docks in all
    490 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
    0.4 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • 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
65 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 1,900 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2022 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Court Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Remsen Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

South side of Remsen Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300123 and 342771.

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 five Individual Landmarks, and 86 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1915.

  1. Court and Remsen Building Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Brooklyn City Hall Designated landmark
    170 feet
  3. Temple Bar Building Designated landmark
    180 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
    270 feet
  2. Washington A. Roebling Memorial Stele by S. Hemming, 1973
    310 feet
  3. John Cashmore Marker Stele, 1965
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    230 feet
  2. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    660 feet
  3. Brooklyn Law School College
    670 feet
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  1. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    230 feet
  2. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    320 feet
  3. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    320 feet
  4. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    320 feet
  5. New Allen School Trade or language school
    480 feet
  6. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    690 feet
  7. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  8. Saint Ann's School
    820 feet
  9. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    820 feet
  10. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  11. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    940 feet
  12. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    1,110 feet
  13. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,140 feet
  14. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  15. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,190 feet
  16. Brooklyn Friends School
    1,220 feet
  17. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  18. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  19. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    50 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet
  2. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
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  1. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Library
    1,140 feet
  4. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  5. New York Transit Museum
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    890 feet
  2. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    910 feet
  3. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    960 feet
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  1. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  4. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    520 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Post Office Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    600 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    620 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. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,280 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  3. CVS 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 78 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Borough Hall Pedestrian Path, Court Street or Remsen 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.