Front Street & Brooklyn Bridge

Front Street and Brooklyn Bridge meet at a seven-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Long Island Insurance Company Building stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about seven minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them parks, and 58 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Front St/Dock St · B25
Within a walk
16 places
5 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Brooklyn Bridge Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. York St F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Front St/Dock St, 130 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Front St/Dock St B25
    130 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Front Street.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dock St & Front St 21 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 810 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Dock Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Dock Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Front Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 91 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1836 and 1899.

  1. Long Island Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. The Long Island Safe Deposit Company Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    190 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    190 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
Show all 4
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    50 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    290 feet
  3. Poplar Street Community Garden
    900 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hillside Dog Park
    870 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    990 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  4. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,190 feet
  5. Squibb Park
    1,200 feet
  6. Harry Chapin Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    450 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St Anns Warehouse Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Path, Dock Street or Front Street.

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