Water Street & Hudson Avenue

Water Street and Hudson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them gardens, and five places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
York Av/Navy St · B62
Within a walk
8 places
2 gardens, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Hudson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. York St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York Av/Navy St, 640 feet away, for the B62.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/Navy St B62
    640 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Water Street.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Gold St 37 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2019.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2026 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Hudson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Water Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Water Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1828 and 1855.

  1. Commandant's House, Quarters A Designated landmark
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter High School
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams School
    510 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pulse Garden - Farragut Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    670 feet
  2. Vinegar Hill Community Garden
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Quarters A Listed historic place
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Farragut Community Center
    1,020 feet
  2. Older adult center at 228 York Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hudson Avenue 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.