Jay Street & Manhattan Bridge

Jay Street and Manhattan Bridge meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Plaza is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them parks, and 14 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
920 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Sands St/Jay St · B67, B69
Within a walk
18 places
5 parks, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & Manhattan Bridge Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    920 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
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.4 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sands St/Jay St, 400 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sands St/Jay St B67, B69
    400 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Jay Street.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sands St & Jay St 48 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 460 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 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
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 590 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of High Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of High Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Jay Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC TECHNICAL COLLEGE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    580 feet
  2. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    580 feet
  3. Community High School
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bridge Park 3 Park
    500 feet
  2. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    660 feet
  3. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. McLaughlin Park
    910 feet
  2. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    990 feet
  3. McLaughlin Park Playground
    1,000 feet
  4. Anchorage Plaza
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and three food stores.

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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along High Street, Jay Street or Manhattan Bridge.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.