Furman Street & Joralemon Street

Furman Street and Joralemon Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Bridge Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 6 · B63
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Furman Street & Joralemon Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 6, 930 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 6 B63
    930 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Atlantic Ave & Furman St 55 docks in all
    910 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Furman Street

  • No standing 25 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Furman Street

  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Joralemon Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Joralemon Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 219 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1887.

  1. High Pressure Fire Service - Main Pumping station Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. 1st Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses (Settlement House) Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    660 feet
  2. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    680 feet
  3. Kinder Prep Childcare and Enrichment Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kinder Prep Childcare 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    30 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    170 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Park
    410 feet
Show all 8
  1. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    620 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    860 feet
  3. Pierrepont Playground
    930 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park Zone 6 Playground
    970 feet
  5. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    680 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Ferry Landing
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Furman Street or Joralemon Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.