Joralemon Street & Sidney Place

Joralemon Street and Sidney Place meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Charles Borromeo Church is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
1,180 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St · B25, B26, B38, B41
Within a walk
37 places
9 religious buildings, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Joralemon Street & Sidney Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 860 feet from this corner, about three 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
    860 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. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.4 miles
    A C F R
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St, 1,180 feet away, for the B25, B26, B38 and B41.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St B25, B26, B38, B41
    1,180 feet
    B25 B26 B38 B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. B38 …
  4. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Joralemon St 50 docks in all
    500 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. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  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
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Joralemon Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sidney Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 1 sign PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

West side of Sidney Place

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 342764.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 493 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1879.

  1. Medical Arts Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Insurance Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo Rectory Designated landmark
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    300 feet
  2. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    620 feet
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  1. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    700 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    770 feet
  4. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  5. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    830 feet
  6. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    870 feet
  7. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    870 feet
  8. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  9. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  10. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  11. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  12. New Allen School Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  13. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet
  14. Saint Ann's School
    1,230 feet
  15. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  16. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  17. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,100 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Charles Borromeo Church Landmark
    170 feet
  2. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    400 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    460 feet
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  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    800 feet
  2. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    930 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Joralemon Street or Sidney Place.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.