Myrtle Avenue & Jay Street

Myrtle Avenue and Jay Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner is also named District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fusion Academy Brooklyn is 120 feet away, and Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about a minute on foot, for the A, C, F and R. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 11 of them schools, and 62 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
100 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Jay St/Myrtle Plaza · B54
Within a walk
40 places
11 schools, 9 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Jay Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 100 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
    100 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. 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 Jay St/Myrtle Plaza, 250 feet away, for the B54.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St/Myrtle Plaza B54
    250 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Jay Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jay Street and Myrtle Avenue.

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 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
    810 feet

By car

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

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.4 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2012
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

This corner is also named District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 62 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

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

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson Way.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and mostly built between 1892 and 1926.

  1. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Brooklyn Edison Building Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    630 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Columbus Park.

  1. John Cashmore Marker Stele, 1965
    690 feet
  2. Washington A. Roebling Memorial Stele by S. Hemming, 1973
    740 feet
  3. Christopher Columbus Statue by Emma Stebbins, 1934
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 schools
  • 9 trade or language schools
  • 5 courthouses
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    120 feet
  2. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    360 feet
  3. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    620 feet
Show all 25
  1. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    430 feet
  2. Brooklyn Friends School
    550 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    610 feet
  4. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    610 feet
  5. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    620 feet
  6. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  7. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    650 feet
  8. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  9. Achievement Unlocked School
    780 feet
  10. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    860 feet
  11. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  12. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  13. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,040 feet
  14. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,040 feet
  15. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,150 feet
  16. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  17. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  18. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  19. Community High School
    1,240 feet
  20. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  21. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  22. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLaughlin Park
    930 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    230 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    360 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  3. St James Cathedral Basilica Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    350 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    390 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jay Street or Myrtle Avenue.

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