Front Street & Hudson Avenue

Front Street and Hudson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ember Charter High School is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them community centers, and seven places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
York Av/Navy St · B62
Within a walk
9 places
2 community centers, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Hudson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. York St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York Av/Navy St, 390 feet away, for the B62.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/Navy St B62
    390 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Gold St 37 docks in all
    400 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2021.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Front Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Front Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hudson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1828 and 1855.

  1. Commandant's House, Quarters A Designated landmark
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter High School
    120 feet
  2. P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams School
    260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pulse Garden - Farragut Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    430 feet
  2. Vinegar Hill Community Garden
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Quarters A Listed historic place
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Farragut Community Center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at 228 York Street Older adult center
    770 feet
  3. Community center at Farragut Community center
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Front Street or Hudson Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.