State Street & Columbia Place

State Street and Columbia Place meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Adam Yauch Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
1,130 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
State Street & Columbia Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 1,130 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63 · Countdown sign
    1,130 feet
    B61 B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    1,100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and February 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbia Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Columbia Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

North side of State Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of State Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 263 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1887.

  1. 1st Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses (Settlement House) Designated landmark
    610 feet
  3. High Pressure Fire Service - Main Pumping station Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 dog run
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    570 feet
  2. MS Lam Montessori School
    670 feet
  3. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    1,000 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Adam Yauch Park
    20 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    30 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    70 feet
Show all 6
  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    840 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    880 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    890 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Columbia 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.