Jay Street & York Street

Jay Street and York Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Amg School of Nursing is 520 feet away, and Vinegar Hill Community Garden is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them parks, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
26 places
6 parks, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jay Street & York Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    60 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 50 feet away, for the B67.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pearl St & York St 54 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1,310 feet 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
    0.3 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1992 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 582 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jay Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Jay Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of York Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of York Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 50 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch. They were built between 1855 and 2000.

  1. Thomson Meter Company Building Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. "Constitution" Engine Company No.7 Designated landmark
    780 feet
  3. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Amg School of Nursing College
    520 feet
  3. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    520 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  4. Explore Enrich Charter School
    960 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    960 feet
  6. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  7. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    60 feet
  2. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    220 feet
  3. Bridge Park 3 Park
    400 feet
Show all 9
  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    710 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    890 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    1,080 feet
  4. Vinegar Hill Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  5. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,280 feet
  6. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet
  2. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    850 feet
  3. Brooklyn Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. Adams Street Library
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    420 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jay Street or York 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, NYCHA, 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.