Water Street & Old Fulton Street

Water Street and Old Fulton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fulton Ferry Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marine Fire Boat Station stands 130 feet away, and Dock Street School for Steam Studies is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them parks, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
13 places
5 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Old Fulton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    0.3 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 Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 580 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    580 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Old Fulton Street and Water Street.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Fulton St 39 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 950 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1 mile
  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 two crashes 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 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)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Old Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of Water Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Water Street

  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Water Street

  • 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 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fulton Ferry Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 55 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1836 and 1890.

  1. Brooklyn City Railroad Company Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Marine Fire Boat Station Designated landmark
    130 feet
  3. Franklin House Designated landmark
    140 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    30 feet
  2. Hillside Dog Park
    430 feet
  3. Anchorage Plaza
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. Squibb Park
    760 feet
  2. Harry Chapin Playground
    830 feet
  3. Poplar Street Community Garden
    850 feet
  4. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    930 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    170 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    450 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Old Fulton Street or Water Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.