Jay Street & Chapel Street

Jay Street and Chapel Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Community High School is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about five minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 11 of them schools, and five places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Jay Street.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jay St/Chapel St · B67
Within a walk
31 places
11 schools, 4 courthouses and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & Chapel Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.3 miles
    A C F R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
  4. R …
Outbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. York St F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Departures and Arrivals” (2009) by Ben Snead at the Jay St-MetroTech station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jay St/Chapel St, 30 feet away, for the B67.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St/Chapel St B67
    30 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jay Street.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Concord St & Bridge St 19 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1,170 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
    0.5 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 99 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Chapel Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Chapel Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Jay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in McLaughlin Park.

  1. McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial Stele, 1919
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Community High School
    100 feet
  2. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  3. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
Show all 15
  1. Brooklyn International High School
    750 feet
  2. Creators Academy School
    750 feet
  3. Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts School
    750 feet
  4. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    840 feet
  5. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,080 feet
  6. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,080 feet
  7. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    1,120 feet
  8. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  9. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,290 feet
  10. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,290 feet
  11. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    1,300 feet
  12. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLaughlin Park
    200 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park Playground
    290 feet
  3. Bridge Plaza Community Garden
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,210 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,210 feet
  3. Golconda Playground
    1,260 feet
  4. Walt Whitman Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 203 Jay Street Public space
    420 feet
  2. Brooklyn Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    730 feet
  3. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Cathedral Basilica Church House of worship
    100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    910 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    940 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Post Office Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Federal Courthouse Eastern District Courthouse
    1,230 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jay Street.

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