Manhattan Bridge & Adams Street

Manhattan Bridge and Adams Street meet at a five-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Robert Gair Company stands 320 feet away, and St Anns Warehouse is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
24 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Bridge & Adams Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    1,150 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 1,050 feet away, for the B67.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St/Jay St B67
    1,050 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Adams Street and Plymouth Street.

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Main St & Plymouth St 45 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2021.

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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 35 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Plymouth Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Plymouth Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 66 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and built between 1835 and 2006.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 3 park features
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    410 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  3. Explore Enrich Charter School
    680 feet
Show all 10
  1. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    680 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  4. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  6. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    1,270 feet
  7. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    30 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    340 feet
  3. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    410 feet
Show all 8
  1. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    490 feet
  2. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    550 feet
  3. Anchorage Plaza
    1,120 feet
  4. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    1,150 feet
  5. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Adams Street Library
    310 feet
  2. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    480 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    520 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manhattan Bridge Listed historic place
    960 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St Anns Warehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    790 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adams Street, Manhattan Bridge or Plymouth Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.