Jay Street & Water Street

Jay Street and Water Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pearl Street Plaza is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, four of them parks, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
24 places
4 parks, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & Water Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    630 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
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 620 feet away, for the B67.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Jay St 24 docks in all
    280 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
    0.8 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Jay Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Water Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Water Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in 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 1892 and 1909.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    650 feet
  2. "Constitution" Engine Company No.7 Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Thomson Meter Company Building Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 2 libraries
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Explore Enrich Charter School
    390 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    390 feet
Show all 9
  1. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    540 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  4. Amg School of Nursing College
    1,100 feet
  5. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,100 feet
  6. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    630 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    720 feet
  3. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    800 feet
  2. Bridge Park 3 Park
    970 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    1,080 feet
  4. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,150 feet
  5. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
  6. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    430 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Adams Street Library
    750 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    330 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jay Street or Water 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.