Old Fulton Street & Elizabeth Place

Old Fulton Street and Elizabeth Place meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fulton Ferry Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Old Fulton Plaza is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them parks, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
14 places
6 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Old Fulton Street & Elizabeth Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. York St F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 410 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    410 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Old Fulton Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Fulton St 39 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 740 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1 mile
  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
    2.8 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 July 2023.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2025 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Old Fulton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fulton Ferry Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 82 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1836 and 1886.

  1. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Franklin House Designated landmark
    160 feet
  3. The Long Island Safe Deposit Company Building Designated landmark
    160 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    590 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    590 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    210 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    330 feet
  3. Hillside Dog Park
    470 feet
Show all 8
  1. Poplar Street Community Garden
    670 feet
  2. Squibb Park
    800 feet
  3. Harry Chapin Playground
    870 feet
  4. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    970 feet
  5. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    50 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elizabeth Place or Old Fulton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.