State Street & Boerum Place

State Street and Boerum Place meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Friends Meeting House, one of 12 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 220 feet away, and Willoughby Plaza is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about five minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Atlantic Av/Boerum Pl · B61, B63
Within a walk
28 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
State Street & Boerum Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    1,220 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. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R
  2. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.3 miles
    A C 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/Boerum Pl, 370 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Boerum Pl B61, B63
    370 feet
    B61 B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2013

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)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boerum Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLE ONLY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Boerum Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of State Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYPD COURT SECTION
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 342413, 342536 and 342558.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1848 and 1879.

  1. Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Savings Bank Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    360 feet
  2. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  3. A Fantis Parochial School
    400 feet
Show all 12
  1. Brooklyn Law School College
    1,020 feet
  2. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    1,160 feet
  4. Sterling School
    1,170 feet
  5. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    1,200 feet
  6. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,230 feet
  7. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  8. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  9. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    630 feet
  2. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    770 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Transit Museum
    340 feet
  2. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church Landmark
    740 feet
  3. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    380 feet
  2. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    800 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boerum Place or State Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.