Water Street & New Dock Street

Water Street and New Dock Street meet at a three-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, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Anns Warehouse is 100 feet away, and Harry Chapin Playground is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them parks, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
530 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 & New 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
  • 3 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Front St/Dock St, 530 feet away, for the B25.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Water Street.

  • 18 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
    360 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Fastigiata' goldenraintree.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 47 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1850 and 1906.

  1. Nesmith & Sons' Empire Stores Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Long Island Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. The Long Island Safe Deposit Company Building Designated landmark
    260 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 playgrounds
  • 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
    390 feet
  2. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    400 feet
  3. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    400 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    40 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    450 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    940 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hillside Dog Park
    890 feet
  2. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,090 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    1,220 feet
  4. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,250 feet
  5. Harry Chapin Playground
    1,280 feet
  6. Poplar Street Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    630 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and two 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Water Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.