Water Street & Anchorage Place

Water Street and Anchorage Place meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the DUMBO Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Pearl Street Plaza is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 74 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
York St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
28 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Anchorage Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    840 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York St/Jay St, 740 feet away, for the B67.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St/Jay St B67
    740 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 84 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Jay St 24 docks in all
    530 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,000 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

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 76 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and mostly built between 1892 and 1914.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  3. Explore Enrich Charter School
    720 feet
Show all 13
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    720 feet
  4. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  5. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,100 feet
  6. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,100 feet
  7. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  8. Amg School of Nursing College
    1,310 feet
  9. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    1,310 feet
  10. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    340 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    700 feet
  3. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    760 feet
  2. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    830 feet
  3. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    840 feet
  4. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    980 feet
  5. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,080 feet
  6. Anchorage Plaza
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Adams Street Library
    440 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Manhattan Bridge Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  2. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    470 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Anchorage Place or Water Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYC City Planning, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.