Smith Street & Livingston Street

Smith Street and Livingston Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Civil Court is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them trade or language schools, and 95 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
460 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Smith St/Livingston St · B57, B62
Within a walk
36 places
9 trade or language schools, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Smith Street & Livingston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    460 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-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    950 feet
    A C G
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    960 feet
    2 3

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 Smith St/Livingston St, 50 feet away, for the B57 and B62.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Livingston St B57, B62
    50 feet
    B57 B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Livingston Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Smith Street.

  • 80 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 13 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. State St & Smith St 66 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,270 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2011
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2012
  • Turn calming, March 2025

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,000 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 between 2003 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Livingston Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SUNDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Livingston Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Smith Street

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300052 and 300248.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 27 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival and Italianate (late), and mostly built between 1847 and 1872.

  1. Gage & Tollner Restaurant Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. A. I. Namm & Son Department Store Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 9 trade or language schools
  • 7 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Achievement Unlocked School
    520 feet
  3. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    600 feet
Show all 21
  1. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    330 feet
  2. St Francis College
    670 feet
  3. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    810 feet
  4. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    810 feet
  5. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    830 feet
  6. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    830 feet
  7. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    830 feet
  8. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  9. Brooklyn Law School College
    940 feet
  10. Brooklyn Friends School
    1,050 feet
  11. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  12. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  13. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  14. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  15. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    1,170 feet
  16. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    1,190 feet
  17. Sterling School
    1,230 feet
  18. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    330 feet
  2. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    690 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Transit Museum
    660 feet
  2. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    150 feet
  2. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    320 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    400 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Target 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 95 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Livingston Street or Smith 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.