Johnson Street & Navy Walk

Johnson Street and Navy Walk meet at a five-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Arbor Place is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about five minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them parks, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl · B54
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Johnson Street & Navy Walk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.4 miles
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl, 570 feet away, for the B54.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl B54
    570 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Fleet Pl 47 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 5,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    970 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Community Roots Charter School
    1,300 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    240 feet
  2. Arbor Place Park
    620 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Greene Park
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    710 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    700 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hudson Walk, Johnson Street or Navy Walk.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.