Jay Street & Metrotech Roadway

Jay Street and Metrotech Roadway meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 180 feet away, and the stele “Washington A. Roebling Memorial” is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, ten of them schools, and 66 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
60 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Jay St/Willoughby St · B26, B62
Within a walk
42 places
10 schools, 9 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & Metrotech Roadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    60 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
    1,210 feet
    2 3
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    1,250 feet
    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/Willoughby St, 300 feet away, for the B26 and B62.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St/Willoughby St B26, B62
    300 feet
    B26 B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …
  2. B62 …

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 Metrotech Roadway.

  • 72 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 16 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lawrence St & Willoughby St 39 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer 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.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2012
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,800 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 2009 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 131 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Brooklyn Edison Building Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. John Cashmore Marker Stele, 1965
    690 feet
  2. Washington A. Roebling Memorial Stele by S. Hemming, 1973
    750 feet
  3. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Anneta Duveen, 1972
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    170 feet
  2. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    190 feet
  3. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    380 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Friends School
    300 feet
  2. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    380 feet
  3. Achievement Unlocked School
    530 feet
  4. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    610 feet
  5. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    610 feet
  6. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  7. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    860 feet
  8. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    860 feet
  9. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  10. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    890 feet
  11. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    900 feet
  12. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    960 feet
  13. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    960 feet
  14. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    960 feet
  15. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  16. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  17. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  18. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  19. Brooklyn Law School College
    1,160 feet
  20. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,190 feet
  21. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  22. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  23. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,290 feet
  24. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    920 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park
    1,180 feet
  3. McLaughlin Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    190 feet
  2. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    470 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet
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  1. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    600 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    630 feet
  3. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    700 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Jay Street or Metrotech Roadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.