Hoyt Street & Livingston Street

Hoyt Street and Livingston Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,128 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. St Francis College is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, eight of them trade or language schools, and 123 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Livingston Street, all day.

Safety record
16 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts
280 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, G
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Livingston St/Hoyt St · B103
Within a walk
37 places
8 trade or language schools, 7 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hoyt Street & Livingston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    280 feet
    A C G

Next trains at this station

Westbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. G …
Queens
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt St 2, 3
    310 feet
    2 3
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    990 feet
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livingston St/Hoyt St, 80 feet away, for the B103.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livingston St/Hoyt St B103
    80 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Livingston Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 95 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 14 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Schermerhorn St & Hoyt St 60 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2013
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,128 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 111th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 277 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,900 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 2007 and 2015.

Since 2014 at least 259 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of Livingston Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 342559.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 26 Individual Landmarks, and 36 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival and Italianate (late). They were mostly built between 1848 and 1880.

  1. A. I. Namm & Son Department Store Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Offerman Building Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 3 career or business centers
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    240 feet
  2. St Francis College
    360 feet
  3. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    830 feet
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  1. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    340 feet
  2. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    340 feet
  3. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    830 feet
  4. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    830 feet
  5. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    940 feet
  6. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    940 feet
  7. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    940 feet
  8. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    990 feet
  9. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    1,060 feet
  10. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  11. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  12. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  13. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,190 feet
  14. Brooklyn Rise Charter School
    1,200 feet
  15. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    1,270 feet
  16. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    1,000 feet
  2. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Friends Meetinghouse and School Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    810 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    890 feet
  3. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    990 feet
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  1. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    990 feet
  2. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,190 feet
  2. Target Store
    1,260 feet

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 123 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Hoyt Street or Livingston 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.