Willoughby Street & Duffield Street

Willoughby Street and Duffield Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Ashok "Victor" Vora Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface is 160 feet away, and Willoughby Plaza is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about a minute on foot, for the A, C, F and R. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 118 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
260 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St · B54
Within a walk
34 places
11 trade or language schools, 7 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Street & Duffield Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    260 feet
    A C F R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
  4. R …
Outbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt St 2, 3
    630 feet
    2 3
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    780 feet
    B Q R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Departures and Arrivals” (2009) by Ben Snead at the Jay St-MetroTech station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St, 840 feet away, for the B54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metrotech Underpass/Lawrence St B54
    840 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Duffield St & Willoughby St 48 docks in all
    40 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
    1,290 feet
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

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
45 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ashok "Victor" Vora Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2011 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 111 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ashok "Victor" Vora Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Willoughby Street (south side).

East side of Duffield Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Duffield Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300040 and 300586.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Offerman Building Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 11 trade or language schools
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    360 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  3. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    450 feet
Show all 24
  1. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    460 feet
  2. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    480 feet
  3. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    480 feet
  4. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    480 feet
  5. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    510 feet
  6. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    510 feet
  7. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    540 feet
  8. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  9. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    730 feet
  10. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    730 feet
  11. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    730 feet
  12. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    770 feet
  13. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    770 feet
  14. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    890 feet
  15. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    920 feet
  16. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    1,000 feet
  17. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  18. Achievement Unlocked School
    1,030 feet
  19. St Francis College
    1,030 feet
  20. Brooklyn Friends School
    1,200 feet
  21. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    850 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    1,000 feet
  2. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    160 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    860 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,200 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    870 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,280 feet

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    410 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 118 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Duffield Street or Willoughby Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.