Jay Street & Tillary Street

Jay Street and Tillary Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 96 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 888 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St James Cathedral Basilica Church is 360 feet away, and Brooklyn Plaza is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about four minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 11 of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
55 hurt
96 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
950 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Tillary St/Jay St · B54, B57, B62
Within a walk
34 places
11 schools, 5 courthouses and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & Tillary Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    950 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. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 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 Tillary St/Jay St, 110 feet away, for the B54, B57 and B62.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tillary St/Jay St B54, B57, B62 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B54 B57 B62
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …
  2. B57 …
  3. 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.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cadman Plaza E & Tillary St 52 docks in all
    910 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
    0.3 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 96 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 54 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 17 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017
  • Turn calming, December 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 888 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 834th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 508 more were issued.

Every corner with speed 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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,700 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 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and June 2026; 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 parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Tillary Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Tillary Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 300211.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1885 and 1891.

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
    580 feet
  2. Pageant Sculpture by Brian Tolle, 2017
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 5 courthouses
  • 5 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Community High School
    380 feet
  3. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    420 feet
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  1. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    660 feet
  2. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    660 feet
  3. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  4. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    700 feet
  5. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  6. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    880 feet
  7. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    880 feet
  8. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    970 feet
  9. Brooklyn International High School
    1,170 feet
  10. Creators Academy School
    1,170 feet
  11. Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts School
    1,170 feet
  12. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLaughlin Park
    80 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park Playground
    210 feet
  3. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    900 feet
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  1. Cadman Plaza Park
    910 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    970 feet
  3. Walt Whitman Park
    990 feet
  4. Bridge Plaza Community Garden
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 203 Jay Street Public space
    840 feet
  2. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    1,060 feet
  3. Brooklyn Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet
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  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    490 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    520 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    770 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Federal Courthouse Eastern District Courthouse
    930 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jay Street or Tillary Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.