Furman Street & Old Fulton Street

Furman Street and Old Fulton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fulton Ferry Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Bridge Park is under 10 feet away, and Dumbo Ferry Landing is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about seven minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them parks, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
13 places
5 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Furman Street & Old Fulton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. York St F
    0.5 miles
    F
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 690 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    690 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Old Fulton Street.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Fulton St 39 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 1,050 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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)
Brooklyn Heights

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Furman Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Furman Street

  • No standing 19 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Bus layover only 4 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

South side of Old Fulton Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fulton Ferry Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 39 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1836 and 1897.

  1. Marine Fire Boat Station Designated landmark
    60 feet
  2. Brooklyn City Railroad Company Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  3. Franklin House Designated landmark
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    860 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    860 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    under 10 feet
  2. Hillside Dog Park
    530 feet
  3. Anchorage Plaza
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Squibb Park
    730 feet
  2. Harry Chapin Playground
    930 feet
  3. Poplar Street Community Garden
    950 feet
  4. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    350 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Furman Street or Old Fulton Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.