Jay Street & Willoughby Street

Jay Street and Willoughby Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Friends School is 380 feet away, and Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal is 960 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 51 public places, 12 of them trade or language schools, and 91 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
50 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jay St/Willoughby St · B93, T440
Within a walk
51 places
12 trade or language schools, 10 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & Willoughby Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 50 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
    50 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
    890 feet
    2 3
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    920 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, 30 feet away, for the B93 and T440.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St/Willoughby St B93, T440
    30 feet
    B93 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B93 …
  2. T440 …

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.

  • 84 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 18 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 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
    1,160 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 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 2013
  • 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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 2015.

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

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jay Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Willoughby Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1839 and 1898.

  1. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Gage & Tollner Restaurant Designated landmark
    350 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Columbus Park.

  1. John Cashmore Marker Stele, 1965
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 public places.

  • 12 trade or language schools
  • 10 schools
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 courthouses
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    130 feet
  2. Achievement Unlocked School
    210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Friends School
    380 feet
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  1. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    130 feet
  2. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    400 feet
  3. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    500 feet
  4. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    520 feet
  5. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    580 feet
  6. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    630 feet
  7. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    630 feet
  8. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    630 feet
  9. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  10. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    740 feet
  11. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    740 feet
  12. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    740 feet
  13. Brooklyn Law School College
    830 feet
  14. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    870 feet
  15. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  16. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    940 feet
  17. St Francis College
    1,000 feet
  18. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  19. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    1,000 feet
  20. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  21. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    1,180 feet
  22. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    1,180 feet
  23. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  24. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  25. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  26. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    1,220 feet
  27. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    1,270 feet
  28. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  29. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    1,280 feet
  30. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    590 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    380 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    510 feet
  3. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    800 feet
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  1. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    970 feet
  2. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. New York Transit Museum
    1,090 feet
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  1. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Friends Meetinghouse and School Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    600 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    930 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    960 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,000 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    480 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 91 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jay Street or Willoughby Street.

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.