York Street & Washington Street

York Street and Washington Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the DUMBO Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The light installation “This Way” is 340 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 23 public places, seven of them parks, and 71 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
York St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Washington St/Prospect St · B25
Within a walk
23 places
7 parks, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Street & Washington Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is York St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. York St F
    870 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
    1,070 feet
    A C
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington St/Prospect St, 300 feet away, for the B25.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington St/Prospect St B25
    300 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Street and York Street.

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Washington St 57 docks in all
    390 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
    860 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2015
  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2022

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Washington Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Washington Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of York Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of York Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 342677 and 342746.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the DUMBO Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 46 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and mostly built between 1880 and 1909.

  1. Robert Gair Company Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. 84th Police Precinct Designated landmark
    760 feet
  3. Brooklyn Children's Aid Society Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Underpasses.

  1. This Way Light installation by Linnaea Tillett and Karin Tehve, 2009
    340 feet
  2. William Jay Gaynor Memorial Bust by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1926
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  3. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    950 feet
Show all 8
  1. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    950 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,040 feet
  4. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    1,040 feet
  5. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    80 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    460 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    850 feet
Show all 10
  1. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    870 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    930 feet
  3. Riverview Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,000 feet
  4. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    1,010 feet
  5. Walt Whitman Park
    1,030 feet
  6. Bridge Park 3 Park
    1,110 feet
  7. Red Twig Forest in Brooklyn Bridge Park Park feature
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Pearl Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dumbo Industrial District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,210 feet
  3. Public School 7 Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St Anns Warehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Washington Street or York 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.