Gold Street & Willoughby Street

Gold Street and Willoughby Street meet at a five-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Albee Square Montessori Public School is 460 feet away, and Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 11 of them trade or language schools, and 113 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
520 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Myrtle Av/Prince St · B54
Within a walk
33 places
11 trade or language schools, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gold Street & Willoughby Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    520 feet
    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
    520 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    890 feet
    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 Myrtle Av/Prince St, 850 feet away, for the B54.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Prince St B54
    850 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Duffield St & Willoughby St 48 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

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)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,800 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 2011 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 140 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albee Square

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Albee Square

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Gold Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gold Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. Offerman Building Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. Dime Savings Bank Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 11 trade or language schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 colleges
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    190 feet
  2. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    200 feet
  3. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    460 feet
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  1. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    460 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    620 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  5. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    630 feet
  6. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    660 feet
  7. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    740 feet
  8. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    740 feet
  9. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    740 feet
  10. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    800 feet
  11. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    990 feet
  12. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    990 feet
  13. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    990 feet
  14. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  15. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  16. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    1,260 feet
  17. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  18. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet
  19. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,290 feet
  20. St Francis College
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    590 feet
  2. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    970 feet
  2. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet
  3. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    1,030 feet
  2. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,260 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    600 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    830 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    610 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,110 feet

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 113 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albee Square, Gold Street or Willoughby 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.