Front Street & York Street

Front Street and York Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Anchorage Plaza is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them parks, and 61 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Front St/Dock St · B25
Within a walk
16 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & York 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 six minutes on foot.

  • 5 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
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Front St/Dock St, 60 feet away, for the B25.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dock St & Front St 21 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 1,020 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

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
17 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Front Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Front Street

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

North side of York Street

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

South side of York Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 300164.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 85 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1840 and 1900.

  1. Long Island Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. The Long Island Safe Deposit Company Building Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    240 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    240 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    90 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    510 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    970 feet
  2. Hillside Dog Park
    1,080 feet
  3. Poplar Street Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  4. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,140 feet
  5. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    660 feet
  2. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

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