Gold Street & Sands Street

Gold Street and Sands Street meet at a six-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Farragut development. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 594 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bridge Park 3 is 440 feet away, and Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them schools, and one place to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Sands St/Gold St · B69
Within a walk
23 places
6 schools, 4 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gold Street & Sands Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. York St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sands St/Gold St, 70 feet away, for the B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sands St/Gold St B69 · Shelter
    70 feet
    B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bike Path and Gold Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nassau St & Duffield St 53 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Manhattan Bridge at Bridge Street & Nassau Street, 1,030 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 594 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,082nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 495 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 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 1950 and 1967.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Farragut development.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the cherry and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Gold Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gold Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sands Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Sands Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1908 and 1909.

  1. Thomson Meter Company Building Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams School
    1,060 feet
  2. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Amg School of Nursing College
    1,100 feet
Show all 8
  1. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    1,240 feet
  2. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    1,240 feet
  3. Brooklyn International High School
    1,280 feet
  4. Creators Academy School
    1,280 feet
  5. Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bridge Park 3 Park
    440 feet
  2. Golconda Playground
    600 feet
  3. Vinegar Hill Community Garden
    640 feet
Show all 9
  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    830 feet
  2. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    840 feet
  3. Pulse Garden - Farragut Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    1,100 feet
  5. Bridge Plaza Community Garden
    1,280 feet
  6. Commodore Barry Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Open Door Church House of worship
    410 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Farragut Community center
    710 feet
  2. Older adult center at 228 York Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet
  3. Farragut Community Center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bike Path, Gold Street or Sands Street.

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