Duffield Street & Tech Place

Duffield Street and Tech Place meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School is 500 feet away, and Bridge Plaza Community Garden is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about five minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, ten of them schools, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Myrtle Av/Prince St · B54
Within a walk
32 places
10 schools, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Duffield Street & Tech Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    1,220 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. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    B Q R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

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 Myrtle Av/Prince St, 750 feet away, for the B54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Prince St B54
    750 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Johnson St & Gold St 41 docks in all
    170 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 2015.

Since 2014 at least 86 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1847.

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    270 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Flatbush Avenue Extension.

  1. Pageant Sculpture by Brian Tolle, 2017
    320 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial Stele, 1919
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    480 feet
  2. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    500 feet
  3. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    500 feet
Show all 19
  1. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    1,040 feet
  3. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  4. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  5. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    1,100 feet
  6. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  7. Brooklyn International High School
    1,150 feet
  8. Creators Academy School
    1,150 feet
  9. Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts School
    1,150 feet
  10. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  11. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  12. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  13. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    1,280 feet
  14. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    1,280 feet
  15. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    1,290 feet
  16. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLaughlin Park
    760 feet
  2. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Bridge Plaza Community Garden
    1,200 feet
Show all 5
  1. McLaughlin Park Playground
    1,230 feet
  2. Golconda Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    660 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    920 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    930 feet
  3. Ingersoll Community Center
    930 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    810 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and seven 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Duffield Street or Tech Place.

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, NYCHA, 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.