Lawrence Street & Metrotech Roadway

Lawrence Street and Metrotech Roadway meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface is 540 feet away, and Brooklyn Tabernacle Church is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, ten of them schools, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
290 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St · B54
Within a walk
40 places
10 schools, 10 trade or language schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lawrence Street & Metrotech Roadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    290 feet
    A C F R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
  4. R …
Outbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt St 2, 3
    1,030 feet
    2 3
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Departures and Arrivals” (2009) by Ben Snead at the Jay St-MetroTech station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St, 70 feet away, for the B54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St B54
    70 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Metrotech Roadway.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 18 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lawrence St & Willoughby St 39 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 15 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 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 2009 and 2014.

Since 2014 at least 131 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 courthouses
  • 2 colleges
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    140 feet
  2. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    320 feet
  3. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    370 feet
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  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    560 feet
  3. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    560 feet
  4. Brooklyn Friends School
    590 feet
  5. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    620 feet
  6. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    670 feet
  7. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    670 feet
  8. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    680 feet
  9. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    780 feet
  10. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    780 feet
  11. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    780 feet
  12. Achievement Unlocked School
    820 feet
  13. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    890 feet
  14. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  15. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,010 feet
  16. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,010 feet
  17. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    1,140 feet
  18. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    1,140 feet
  19. St Francis College
    1,150 feet
  20. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  21. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    1,160 feet
  22. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  23. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  24. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  25. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  26. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    140 feet
  2. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    760 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    540 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    760 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    890 feet
  3. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    990 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lawrence Street or Metrotech Roadway.

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