Livingston Street & Elm Place

Livingston Street and Elm Place meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 790 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. A. I. Namm & Son Department Store, one of 15 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Hoyt St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and 101 places to eat.

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Livingston Street & Elm Place Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hoyt St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt St 2, 3
    310 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    600 feet
    A C G
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    1,200 feet
    B Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livingston St/Hoyt St, 280 feet away, for the B41, B45, B67, B93 and two more.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livingston St/Hoyt St B41, B45, B67, B93 +2 · Shelter
    280 feet
    B41 B45 B67 B93 B103 T440
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B45 …
  3. B67 …
  4. B93 …
  5. B103 …
  6. T440 …

Live arrivals

Livingston Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 90 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bond St & Fulton St 47 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

In 2025, 790 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 119th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 557 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,200 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 2007 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 382 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elm Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Elm Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Livingston Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 342559.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 15 Individual Landmarks, and 30 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate with alterations. They were mostly built between 1869 and 1884.

  1. A. I. Namm & Son Department Store Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Offerman Building Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Dime Savings Bank Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 career or business centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    570 feet
  2. St Francis College
    690 feet
  3. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    750 feet
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  1. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    670 feet
  3. Brooklyn Rise Charter School
    880 feet
  4. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    960 feet
  5. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    960 feet
  6. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    1,100 feet
  7. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  8. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  9. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  10. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  11. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  12. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  13. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    660 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    660 feet
  3. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    870 feet
  2. Target Store
    940 feet

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 101 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.