Gold Street & Johnson Street

Gold Street and Johnson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The sculpture “Pageant” is 450 feet away, and Golconda Playground is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about five minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Gold St/Tillary St · B57, B62
Within a walk
24 places
6 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gold Street & Johnson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.3 miles
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gold St/Tillary St, 520 feet away, for the B57 and B62.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gold St/Tillary St B57, B62
    520 feet
    B57 B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Johnson St & Gold St 41 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1,240 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 2015.

Since 2014 at least 115 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Gold Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Gold Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Johnson Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Johnson Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were built between 1839 and 1847.

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    480 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Flatbush Avenue Extension.

  1. Pageant Sculpture by Brian Tolle, 2017
    450 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial Stele, 1919
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
  2. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    760 feet
  3. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    760 feet
Show all 13
  1. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
  2. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  4. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    1,220 feet
  5. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  6. Brooklyn International High School
    1,250 feet
  7. Creators Academy School
    1,250 feet
  8. Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts School
    1,250 feet
  9. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    1,300 feet
  10. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    740 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park
    880 feet
  3. Golconda Playground
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Arbor Place Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Bridge Plaza Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    400 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    820 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    1,180 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    610 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gold Street or Johnson Street.

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