Smith Street & State Street

Smith Street and State Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Frontiers High School is 610 feet away, and Antioch Pentecostal Church is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 86 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Smith Street.

Safety record
6 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
960 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Atlantic Av/Smith St · B63, B65
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Smith Street & State Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    960 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
    1,000 feet
    A C G
  2. Bergen St F, G
    1,030 feet
    F G

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 Atlantic Av/Smith St, 390 feet away, for the B63 and B65.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Smith St B63, B65
    390 feet
    B63 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Smith Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. State St & Smith St 66 docks in all
    40 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 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
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Smith Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLE ONLY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Smith Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLE ONLY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of State Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYPD COURT SECTION
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 25 Individual Landmarks, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival and Italianate (late). They were mostly built between 1847 and 1871.

  1. Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Gage & Tollner Restaurant Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 public spaces
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    610 feet
  2. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    720 feet
  3. Sterling School
    730 feet
Show all 13
  1. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
  3. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
  4. A Fantis Parochial School
    840 feet
  5. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,020 feet
  6. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    1,090 feet
  7. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  8. St Francis College
    1,160 feet
  9. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  10. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    480 feet
  2. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. New York Transit Museum
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    240 feet
  2. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    900 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 86 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Smith Street or State 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.