Navy Street & Sands Street

Navy Street and Sands Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Farragut development. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Community Roots Charter Middle School is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Sands St/Navy St · B67
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 2 community centers and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Navy Street & Sands Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. York St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sands St/Navy St, 40 feet away, for the B67.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sands St/Navy St B67
    40 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Navy Street and Sands Street.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sands St Gate 19 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1,260 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 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 in 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Farragut development.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Navy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Navy Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sands Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Sands Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    720 feet
  2. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    720 feet
  3. P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams School
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ember Charter High School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pulse Garden - Farragut Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    320 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park
    600 feet
  3. Golconda Playground
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Vinegar Hill Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  2. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Open Door Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Farragut Community center
    260 feet
  2. Older adult center at 228 York Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet
  3. Farragut Community Center
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Navy Street or Sands 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.