Gold Street & Tillary Street

Gold Street and Tillary Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 77 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
77 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Gold St/Tillary St · B57, B62
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gold Street & Tillary 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 seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 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
    0.4 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, 90 feet away, for the B57 and B62.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 890 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    570 feet
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 77 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2021

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,900 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 2005 and 2013.

Since 2014 at least 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and September 2025, 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 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Gold Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Tillary Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Tillary Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular Greek Revival, and built between 1846 and 1847.

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    760 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
    340 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial Stele, 1919
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Brooklyn International High School
    880 feet
  3. Creators Academy School
    880 feet
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  1. Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts School
    880 feet
  2. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    880 feet
  3. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    880 feet
  4. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  5. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  6. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    1,290 feet
  7. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    1,290 feet
  8. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLaughlin Park
    590 feet
  2. Golconda Playground
    620 feet
  3. Arbor Place Park
    690 feet
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  1. Commodore Barry Park
    990 feet
  2. Bridge Plaza Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. McLaughlin Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  4. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Houses of worship

  1. Open Door Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. St James Cathedral Basilica Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gold Street or Tillary Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.