Front Street & Main Street

Front Street and Main Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dock Street School for Steam Studies is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 72 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Front Street & Main Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Front St/Dock St, 340 feet away, for the B25.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Front Street and Main Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Washington St 57 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Front Street (south side).

North side of Front Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

East side of Main Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 342675 and 342704.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 57 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival and Industrial Neoclassical, and built between 1800 and 2006.

  1. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. Long Island Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    680 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Underpasses.

  1. This Way Light installation by Linnaea Tillett and Karin Tehve, 2009
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    530 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    530 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
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  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  3. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    350 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    380 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    540 feet
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  1. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    690 feet
  2. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    850 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet
  2. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Front Street or Main Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.