Jay Street & Johnson Street

Jay Street and Johnson Street meet at a five-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 10,322 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal is 110 feet away, and CUNY NYC College of Technology is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, ten of them schools, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
520 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Jay St/Myrtle Plaza · B54
Within a walk
30 places
10 schools, 4 courthouses and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & Johnson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    520 feet
    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. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

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/Myrtle Plaza, 190 feet away, for the B54.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St/Myrtle Plaza B54
    190 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Jay Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jay Street and Johnson Street.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 10,322 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 17th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 2,512 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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are three homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1920.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jay Street

  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Jay Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Johnson Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Johnson Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Tech Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival and Vernacular Greek Revival, one each, and built between 1846 and 1891.

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    680 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in McLaughlin Park.

  1. McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial Stele, 1919
    750 feet
  2. Henry Ward Beecher Monument Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1891
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 4 courthouses
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  2. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    220 feet
  3. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    280 feet
Show all 18
  1. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    460 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    460 feet
  4. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    550 feet
  5. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    620 feet
  6. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    620 feet
  7. Community High School
    810 feet
  8. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    860 feet
  9. Brooklyn Friends School
    970 feet
  10. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  11. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  12. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  13. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,210 feet
  14. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  15. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLaughlin Park
    510 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park Playground
    640 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    640 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    790 feet
  3. Public space at 203 Jay Street Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    840 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    110 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    130 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    860 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jay Street, Johnson Street or Tech Place.

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