Joralemon Street & Garden Place

Joralemon Street and Garden Place meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses (Settlement House) stands 370 feet away, and Van Voorhees Playground is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
25 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Joralemon Street & Garden Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five 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
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.5 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 1,160 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63
    1,160 feet
    B61 B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Remsen St 23 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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 March 2021.

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)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and February 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Garden Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Garden Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

South side of Joralemon Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 575 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1879.

  1. St. Charles Orthopedic Hospital Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses (Settlement House) Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. Hotel Bossert Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    320 feet
  2. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    670 feet
  3. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    760 feet
Show all 12
  1. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    790 feet
  3. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  4. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  5. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  6. MS Lam Montessori School
    1,090 feet
  7. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    1,120 feet
  8. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    1,190 feet
  9. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    990 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Park
    1,110 feet
Show all 6
  1. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    1,120 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    1,250 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    320 feet
  2. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    580 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral Landmark
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    750 feet
  2. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    400 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Garden Place or Joralemon 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.