Front Street & Old Fulton Street

Front Street and Old Fulton Street meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fulton Ferry Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Long Island Safe Deposit Company Building stands 80 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them parks, and 58 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
17 places
6 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Old Fulton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 240 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    240 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Front Street and Old Fulton Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Fulton St 39 docks in all
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 580 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1 mile
  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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of Front Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Old Fulton Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Old Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fulton Ferry Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 110 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1836 and 1890.

  1. The Long Island Safe Deposit Company Building Designated landmark
    80 feet
  2. Long Island Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    110 feet
  3. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building Designated landmark
    140 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    420 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    420 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    170 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    370 feet
  3. Hillside Dog Park
    640 feet
Show all 9
  1. Poplar Street Community Garden
    670 feet
  2. Squibb Park
    970 feet
  3. Harry Chapin Playground
    1,030 feet
  4. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,080 feet
  5. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    1,140 feet
  6. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 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 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Front Street or Old Fulton 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.