Furman Street & Squibb Park Bridge

Furman Street and Squibb Park Bridge meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Squibb Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them parks, and 16 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
10 places
6 parks, 1 ferry landing and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Furman Street & Squibb Park Bridge Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 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. Clark St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 0.3 miles away, for the B25.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    0.3 miles
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbia Heights & Cranberry St 37 docks in all
    920 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 168 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1836 and 1896.

  1. Hotel Margaret Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Brooklyn City Railroad Company Building Designated landmark
    760 feet
  3. Plymouth Church Parish House Designated landmark
    810 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Squibb Park
    20 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    30 feet
  3. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    180 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    450 feet
  2. Hillside Dog Park
    660 feet
  3. Harry Chapin Playground
    720 feet
  4. Fort Stirling Park
    910 feet
  5. Poplar Street Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Furman Street or Squibb Park Bridge.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.