Front Street & Washington Street

Front Street and Washington 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, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Robert Gair Company stands 240 feet away, and Old Fulton Plaza is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 77 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Washington St/Prospect St · B25
Within a walk
26 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Washington Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    1,070 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
    0.3 miles
    A C
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington St/Prospect St, 630 feet away, for the B25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington St/Prospect St B25
    630 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 68 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
    60 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
    1,190 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
15 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 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Front Street

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

South side of Front Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Washington Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 342675, 342704, 342705 and 342746.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 62 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and mostly built between 1880 and 1908.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    550 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
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 parks
  • 3 park features
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    830 feet
  3. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    830 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  5. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  6. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,230 feet
  7. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    400 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    520 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    600 feet
Show all 10
  1. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    680 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    790 feet
  3. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    830 feet
  4. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    1,070 feet
  5. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    1,200 feet
  6. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,270 feet
  7. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    690 feet
  2. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Adams Street Library
    1,030 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St Anns Warehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 77 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Front Street or Washington 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.