Water Street & Dock Street

Water Street and Dock Street meet at a five-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fulton Ferry Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Bridge Park is 40 feet away, and Pearl Street Plaza is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about eight minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them parks, and 57 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Front St/Dock St · B25
Within a walk
15 places
4 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Dock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. York St F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Front St/Dock St, 390 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Front St/Dock St B25
    390 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Water Street.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dock St & Front St 21 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Fastigiata' goldenraintree and the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Dock Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Dock Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Water Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • For-hire vehicles only 2 signs FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY PICK-UP / DROP-OFF ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fulton Ferry Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 50 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and built between 1834 and 1936.

  1. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Long Island Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. The Long Island Safe Deposit Company Building Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    260 feet
  3. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    40 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    300 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    950 feet
  2. Hillside Dog Park
    1,030 feet
  3. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,110 feet
  4. Poplar Street Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet
  2. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St Anns Warehouse Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dock Street or Water Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.