Myrtle Avenue & Lawrence Street

Myrtle Avenue and Lawrence Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Free Congregational Church, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, ten of them schools, and 57 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Myrtle Avenue.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
300 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St · B54
Within a walk
38 places
10 schools, 10 trade or language schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Lawrence Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 300 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
    300 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
    1,280 feet
    2 3
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.3 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, 310 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Myrtle Avenue.

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 15 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes 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 September 2024.

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

  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,600 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 2009 and 2014.

Since 2014 at least 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1839 and 1898.

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 public spaces
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    340 feet
  2. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    360 feet
  3. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    570 feet
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  1. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    650 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  4. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    770 feet
  5. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    770 feet
  6. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    800 feet
  7. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    800 feet
  8. Brooklyn Friends School
    830 feet
  9. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    860 feet
  10. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    900 feet
  11. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    900 feet
  12. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    920 feet
  13. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    920 feet
  14. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  15. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    920 feet
  16. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    920 feet
  17. Our Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  18. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  19. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  20. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  21. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,060 feet
  22. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLaughlin Park
    1,190 feet
  2. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    340 feet
  2. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    520 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet
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  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    520 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    640 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,230 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 57 places to eat and ten 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lawrence Street or Myrtle Avenue.

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