Lawrence Street & Metrotech Walk

Lawrence Street and Metrotech Walk meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brooklyn Family Court is 400 feet away, and Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 11 of them schools, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
520 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St · B54
Within a walk
35 places
11 schools, 9 trade or language schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lawrence Street & Metrotech Walk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    520 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
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.4 miles
    B Q 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, 540 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 1,500 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 2005 and 2013.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    720 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Flatbush Avenue Extension.

  1. Pageant Sculpture by Brian Tolle, 2017
    700 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial Stele, 1919
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 9 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 courthouses
  • 2 public spaces
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    540 feet
  2. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    540 feet
  3. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    560 feet
  2. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    590 feet
  3. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    700 feet
  4. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    750 feet
  5. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  6. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    790 feet
  7. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  8. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    930 feet
  9. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    930 feet
  10. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  11. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  12. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  13. Brooklyn Friends School
    1,060 feet
  14. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,090 feet
  15. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  16. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  17. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  18. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  19. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  20. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  21. Community High School
    1,280 feet
  22. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLaughlin Park
    960 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park Playground
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    560 feet
  2. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. St James Cathedral Basilica Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    400 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    420 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lawrence Street or Metrotech Walk.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYC City Planning, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.