Fulton Street & Smith Street

Fulton Street and Smith Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement Unlocked is 130 feet away, and Brooklyn Family Court is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places, 11 of them trade or language schools, and 97 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
70 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Fulton St/Smith St · B25, B38, B52
Within a walk
45 places
11 trade or language schools, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    70 feet
    A C F R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
  4. R …
Outbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt St 2, 3
    610 feet
    2 3
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    920 feet
    2 3 4 5 R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Departures and Arrivals” (2009) by Ben Snead at the Jay St-MetroTech station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Smith St, 60 feet away, for the B25, B38 and B52.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Smith St B25, B38, B52 · Shelter
    60 feet
    B25 B38 B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B38 …
  3. B52 …

Live arrivals

Fulton Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jay Street and Smith Street.

  • 92 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 20 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lawrence St & Willoughby St 39 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    880 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2013
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 15 to 25 mph

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2007 and 2014.

Since 2014 at least 131 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fulton Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Fulton Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Jay Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Eight buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco and Romanesque Revival, and built between 1857 and 1930.

  1. Gage & Tollner Restaurant Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 11 trade or language schools
  • 7 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 courthouses
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement Unlocked School
    130 feet
  2. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    420 feet
  3. Brooklyn Friends School
    660 feet
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  1. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    420 feet
  2. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    470 feet
  4. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    470 feet
  5. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    680 feet
  6. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    700 feet
  7. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    700 feet
  8. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    700 feet
  9. St Francis College
    720 feet
  10. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  11. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    720 feet
  12. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    780 feet
  13. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    800 feet
  14. Brooklyn Law School College
    830 feet
  15. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  16. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    860 feet
  17. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  18. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    990 feet
  19. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,000 feet
  20. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  21. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  22. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  23. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    720 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    580 feet
  2. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    720 feet
  3. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    790 feet
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  1. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    960 feet
  2. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. New York Transit Museum
    950 feet
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  1. Friends Meetinghouse and School Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    320 feet
  2. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    720 feet
  3. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    1,210 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,220 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    100 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 97 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fulton Street, Jay Street or Smith Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.