Tillary Street & Cadman Plaza East

Tillary Street and Cadman Plaza East meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Korean War Veterans Plaza is 90 feet away, and Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Tillary St/Cadman Plaza East · B38
Within a walk
32 places
7 religious buildings, 5 courthouses and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tillary Street & Cadman Plaza East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    880 feet
    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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    1,170 feet
    2 3
  2. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tillary St/Cadman Plaza East, 210 feet away, for the B38.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tillary St/Cadman Plaza East B38 · Shelter
    210 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cadman Plaza E & Tillary St 52 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,300 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2021

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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 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 1938 and 1971.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 191 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2025 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cadman Plaza East

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DISTRICT COURT CLERKS OFFICE
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY PRETRIAL SERVICESAGENGY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO U S MARSHALS
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO US PROBATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cadman Plaza East

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY AWM & FLEO MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYPD COURT SECTION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 6AM-11PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 39 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1845 and 1895.

  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    800 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Columbus Park.

  1. Henry Ward Beecher Monument Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1891
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 courthouses
  • 5 parks
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Ann's School
    730 feet
  2. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    810 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Auxiliary Enterprise Board of New York City College of Technology Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice School
    1,030 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women School
    1,030 feet
  4. Community High School
    1,190 feet
  5. CUNY NYC College of Technology College
    1,230 feet
  6. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    90 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    100 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    470 feet
Show all 6
  1. Walt Whitman Park
    890 feet
  2. McLaughlin Park
    900 feet
  3. McLaughlin Park Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Library
    590 feet
  2. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Unitarian Church Landmark
    850 feet
  2. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. St James Cathedral Basilica Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cadman Plaza Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    330 feet
  3. Federal Courthouse Eastern District Courthouse
    440 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,030 feet
  2. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    1,130 feet
  3. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cadman Plaza East or Tillary 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.