York Street & Fleet Alley
York Street and Fleet Alley meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the DUMBO Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Robert Gair Company stands 500 feet away. The nearest subway, York St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, seven of them parks, and 51 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is York St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
- York St F730 feetF
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- F …
Southbound
1 line- F …
Also within a walk
- High St A, C1,220 feetA C
- Clark St 2, 30.4 miles2 3
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Washington St/Prospect St, 450 feet away, for the B25.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Washington St/Prospect St B25450 feetB25
Next buses at this stop
- B25 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on York Street.
- 75 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Pearl St & York St 54 docks in all470 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.
- 160 Johnson Street Gas station0.8 miles
- 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1,010 feet
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 October 2015.
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
- 31 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.
Since 2014 at least 561 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Landmarks, monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedLandmarks and historic districts
The corner stands at the edge of the DUMBO Historic District.
Within 820 feet, 44 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and built between 1840 and 2006.
- Robert Gair Company Designated landmark500 feet
Monuments and public art
The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Underpasses.
- This Way Light installation by Linnaea Tillett and Karin Tehve, 2009370 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.
- 7 parks
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 listed historic places
- 3 schools
- 2 park features
- 7 other places
Schools and child care
- Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K220 feet
- Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School890 feet
- Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School890 feet
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- Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5520 feet
- Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5860 feet
- Dock Street School for Steam Studies School1,100 feet
- District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center1,100 feet
- Amg School of Nursing College1,190 feet
- Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute New Trade or language school1,300 feet
- Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Anchorage Plaza230 feet
- Cadman Plaza Park610 feet
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground1,080 feet
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- Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park730 feet
- Maritcha R. Lyons Park860 feet
- Bridge Park 3 Park970 feet
- Brooklyn Bridge Park1,000 feet
- Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature1,150 feet
- Walt Whitman Park1,180 feet
- Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground1,270 feet
- Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature1,310 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza860 feet
- Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space1,240 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place1,000 feet
- Public School 7 Listed historic place1,150 feet
- Thomson Meter Company Building Listed historic place1,200 feet
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- Adams Street Library1,300 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch890 feet
Supermarkets
- Gristedes Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy970 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and five 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 22 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Adams Street & York Street 140 feet
- York Street & Washington Street 150 feet
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Washington Street 190 feet
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Adams Street 230 feet
- York Street & Pearl Street 410 feet
- Adams Street & Prospect Street 470 feet
- Adams Street & Front Street 470 feet
- Prospect Street & Cadman Plaza East 470 feet
See every intersection along York Street.