Willoughby Street & Lawrence Street

Willoughby Street and Lawrence Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Nicola Tanzi Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building, one of nine Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 70 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 44 public places and 120 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
60 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Jay St/Willoughby St · B93, T440
Within a walk
44 places
10 trade or language schools, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Street & Lawrence Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 60 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
    60 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
    710 feet
    2 3
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    1,200 feet
    2 3 4 5 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 Jay St/Willoughby St, 310 feet away, for the B93 and T440.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St/Willoughby St B93, T440
    310 feet
    B93 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B93 …
  2. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 19 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lawrence St & Willoughby St 39 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
43 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Nicola Tanzi Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 2009 and 2015.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the European hornbeam and the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Nicola Tanzi Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and June 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 Lawrence Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDRENS SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Lawrence Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-10AM 2PM-4PM

North side of Willoughby Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300318, 342641 and 342642.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building Designated landmark
    70 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 schools
  • 4 courthouses
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    110 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    290 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
Show all 28
  1. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    240 feet
  2. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    240 feet
  3. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    350 feet
  4. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    350 feet
  5. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    350 feet
  6. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    450 feet
  7. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    450 feet
  8. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    450 feet
  9. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    470 feet
  10. Achievement Unlocked School
    490 feet
  11. Brooklyn Friends School
    660 feet
  12. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    700 feet
  13. St Francis College
    820 feet
  14. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  15. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    930 feet
  16. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
  17. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    990 feet
  18. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    990 feet
  19. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  20. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    1,050 feet
  21. Brooklyn Law School College
    1,120 feet
  22. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  23. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  24. Heartshare Human SVCS Metrotech School
    1,220 feet
  25. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    870 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    470 feet
  2. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    660 feet
  3. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    1,250 feet
  2. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gage and Tollner Restaurant Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    880 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    1,080 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Criminal Courthouse
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    760 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    660 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 120 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lawrence Street or Willoughby Street.

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