Plymouth Street & Main Street

Plymouth Street and Main Street 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. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground is 50 feet away, and Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 59 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Front St/Dock St · B25
Within a walk
19 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 park features and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Plymouth Street & Main Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    0.3 miles
    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 Front St/Dock St, 840 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Front St/Dock St B25
    840 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Main Street and Plymouth Street.

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Main St & Plymouth St 45 docks in all
    50 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
    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 September 2022.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY 7AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

North side of Plymouth Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Plymouth Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fulton Ferry Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 36 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Industrial Neoclassical, and built between 1834 and 2006.

  1. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. Long Island Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    740 feet
  3. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    950 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. Explore Enrich Charter School
    1,220 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    1,220 feet
  5. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    50 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    60 feet
  3. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    230 feet
Show all 6
  1. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    350 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    880 feet
  3. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Adams Street Library
    860 feet
  2. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    1,060 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Main Street or Plymouth 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.