Jay Street & Front Street

Jay Street and Front Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, five of them parks, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
390 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
26 places
5 parks, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & Front Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    390 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 370 feet away, for the B67.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St/Jay St B67
    370 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Jay Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Jay St 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 91 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
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Front Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Front Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Jay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Jay Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 87 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1909.

  1. Thomson Meter Company Building Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    670 feet
  3. "Constitution" Engine Company No.7 Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Explore Enrich Charter School
    640 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    640 feet
Show all 10
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    790 feet
  3. Amg School of Nursing College
    850 feet
  4. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    850 feet
  5. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    850 feet
  6. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  7. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    390 feet
  2. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    550 feet
  3. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    970 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bridge Park 3 Park
    730 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    870 feet
  3. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  4. Anchorage Plaza
    1,210 feet
  5. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    1,230 feet
  6. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    600 feet
  2. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Adams Street Library
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    120 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    90 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

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