Water Street & Main Street

Water Street and Main Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Bridge Park is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 66 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Front St/Dock St · B25
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 libraries and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Main Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    0.3 miles
    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 Front St/Dock St, 600 feet away, for the B25.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Main Street and Water Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Main St & Plymouth St 45 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, 0.4 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer 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 April 2023.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY 7AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

North side of Water Street

  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Water Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 45 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Industrial Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1870 and 1908.

  1. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. Long Island Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    500 feet
  3. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    500 feet
Show all 6
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    100 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    290 feet
  3. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    430 feet
Show all 5
  1. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    600 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    630 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet
  2. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Adams Street Library
    1,090 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 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 Main 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.