Johnson Street & Cadman Plaza East

Johnson Street and Cadman Plaza East meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Henry Ward Beecher Monument” is 70 feet away, and the stele “Washington A. Roebling Memorial” is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, six of them trade or language schools, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
460 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St · B103
Within a walk
32 places
6 trade or language schools, 5 courthouses and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Johnson Street & Cadman Plaza East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    460 feet
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.3 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St, 180 feet away, for the B103.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St B103
    180 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 79 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cadman Plaza E & Tillary St 52 docks in all
    350 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
    0.5 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 179 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2025 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cadman Plaza East

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cadman Plaza East

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 6AM-11PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Johnson Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 41 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1851 and 1916.

  1. National Title Guaranty Company Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. Brooklyn Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. People's Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    560 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Henry Ward Beecher Monument Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1891
    70 feet
  2. Christopher Columbus Statue by Emma Stebbins, 1934
    430 feet
  3. Washington A. Roebling Memorial Stele by S. Hemming, 1973
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 courthouses
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Ann's School
    310 feet
  2. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    390 feet
  3. New Allen School Trade or language school
    940 feet
Show all 12
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    980 feet
  4. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    980 feet
  5. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  6. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  7. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    1,150 feet
  8. Brooklyn Law School College
    1,210 feet
  9. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    50 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    60 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    520 feet
Show all 4
  1. Walt Whitman Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Library
    590 feet
  2. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    270 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    720 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    730 feet
  3. Federal Courthouse Eastern District Courthouse
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Borough Hall Pedestrian Path, Cadman Plaza East or Johnson Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.