State Street & Nevins Street

State Street and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Leonard and Harriet Walit Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 226 firehouse is 260 feet away, and David Foulke Memorial Garden is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Nevins St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nevins St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Atlantic Av/Nevins St · B63, B65
Within a walk
29 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
State Street & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nevins St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    830 feet
    2 3 4 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    1,050 feet
    A C G
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    1,260 feet
    B Q R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Work & Nature” (1997) by Anton van Dalen at the Nevins St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Nevins St, 330 feet away, for the B63 and B65.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Nevins St B63, B65 · Shelter
    330 feet
    B63 B65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nevins St & Schermerhorn St 28 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Leonard and Harriet Walit Way, a co-naming enacted on February 18, 2003 (Local Law 14 of 2003).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 602 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Leonard and Harriet Walit Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nevins Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of State Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309607 and 332508.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 93 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Modified Italianate, and mostly built between 1850 and 1855.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 career or business centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    430 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  3. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    730 feet
  2. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    950 feet
  3. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    950 feet
  4. Brooklyn Rise Charter School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    280 feet
  2. North Pacific Playground
    620 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    380 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    930 feet
  3. Times Plaza Post Office
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,240 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    770 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nevins Street 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 Records, 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.