Duffield Street & Metrotech Roadway

Duffield Street and Metrotech Roadway meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 11 of them trade or language schools, and 105 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
550 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St · B54
Within a walk
35 places
11 trade or language schools, 8 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Duffield Street & Metrotech Roadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    550 feet
    A C F R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
  4. R …
Outbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt St 2, 3
    960 feet
    2 3
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    1,110 feet
    B Q R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Departures and Arrivals” (2009) by Ben Snead at the Jay St-MetroTech station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St, 520 feet away, for the B54.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St B54
    520 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Duffield Street and Metrotech Roadway.

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Duffield St & Willoughby St 48 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    950 feet
  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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2019.

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)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 15 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2009 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 140 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    490 feet
  3. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 11 trade or language schools
  • 8 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    680 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    680 feet
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  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    790 feet
  4. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    810 feet
  5. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    810 feet
  6. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    810 feet
  7. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    850 feet
  8. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    850 feet
  9. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    860 feet
  10. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    910 feet
  11. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  12. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  13. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  14. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  15. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  16. Brooklyn Friends School
    1,120 feet
  17. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,160 feet
  18. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,160 feet
  19. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  20. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  21. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    990 feet
  2. University Place Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    680 feet
  2. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    820 feet
  3. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    890 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,210 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 105 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Duffield Street or Metrotech Roadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.