Front Street & Pearl Street

Front Street and Pearl Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Pearl Street Plaza is 330 feet away, and Brooklyn Plaza is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
30 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Pearl Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    540 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 450 feet away, for the B67.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St/Jay St B67
    450 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Front Street and Pearl Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Jay St 24 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.8 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

North side of Front Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Front Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pearl Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pearl Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 74 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and mostly built between 1892 and 1914.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    400 feet
  2. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    580 feet
  3. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    800 feet
Show all 11
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    800 feet
  4. Explore Enrich Charter School
    840 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    840 feet
  6. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  7. Amg School of Nursing College
    1,010 feet
  8. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    550 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    610 feet
  3. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    900 feet
Show all 10
  1. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    680 feet
  2. Bridge Park 3 Park
    790 feet
  3. Anchorage Plaza
    950 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    970 feet
  5. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  6. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    1,090 feet
  7. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    330 feet
  2. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    1,150 feet
  3. Brooklyn Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. Adams Street Library
    730 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Thomson Meter Company Building Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 27 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Front Street or Pearl 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.