Livingston Street & Boerum Place

Livingston Street and Boerum Place meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Friends Meeting House, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 360 feet away, and Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, eight of them trade or language schools, and 95 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
710 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Boerum Pl/Joralemon St · B61, B65
Within a walk
34 places
8 trade or language schools, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livingston Street & Boerum Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    710 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. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    800 feet
    2 3 4 5 R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

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 Boerum Pl/Joralemon St, 420 feet away, for the B61 and B65.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boerum Pl/Joralemon St B61, B65 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    420 feet
    B61 B65
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Livingston Street carries a bus lane, all day on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Adams St 47 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,060 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2009
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2012

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boerum Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Boerum Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF PROBATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Livingston Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300248 and 300548.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Eclectic. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1887.

  1. Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Gage & Tollner Restaurant Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. Brooklyn Municipal Building Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    430 feet
  2. Brooklyn Law School College
    500 feet
  3. Achievement Unlocked School
    710 feet
Show all 19
  1. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    770 feet
  3. Brooklyn Friends School
    880 feet
  4. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    890 feet
  5. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  6. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  7. A Fantis Parochial School
    920 feet
  8. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    990 feet
  9. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    990 feet
  10. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  11. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  12. St Francis College
    1,100 feet
  13. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  14. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  15. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  16. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    610 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    250 feet
  2. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    370 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Transit Museum
    230 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    330 feet
  2. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    430 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    420 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,320 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 95 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boerum Place or Livingston Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.