Water Street & Pearl Street

Water Street and Pearl Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the DUMBO Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Adams Street Library is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 53 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
York St/Jay St · B67
Within a walk
26 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Pearl Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    790 feet
    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 York St/Jay St, 690 feet away, for the B67.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St/Jay St B67
    690 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Jay St 24 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

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

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.8 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
    2.6 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 May 2020.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Pearl Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Water Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Water Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 86 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and mostly built between 1892 and 1913.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school
    330 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  3. Explore Enrich Charter School
    590 feet
Show all 11
  1. Success Academy Charter School-Nyc 15 School
    590 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  4. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,050 feet
  5. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,050 feet
  6. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  7. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  8. Amg School of Nursing College
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    460 feet
  2. Pearl Street Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    660 feet
  3. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    790 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    820 feet
  2. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    890 feet
  3. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    930 feet
  4. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    950 feet
  5. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,030 feet
  6. Anchorage Plaza
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Adams Street Library
    490 feet
  3. Teen Tech Center at the Annex Library
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  2. Thomson Meter Company Building Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    420 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pearl 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.