Probability of $B_t < 0$ if $B$ is Brownian Motion

Here are two methods that don't use any particularly advanced facts about B.M. (which you prefer will depend on what things you know about B.M.)


(Via the reflection principle)

Let $M(t) = \sup_{0 \leq s \leq t} B(t)$. The Reflection principle states that $$\mathbb{P}(M(t) \geq a) = 2 \mathbb{P}(B(t) > a) = 2 - 2\Phi(\frac{a}{\sqrt{t}})$$ where $\Phi$ is the cdf of a standard Gaussian distribution. Since $-B(t)$ is also a Brownian motion, it is enough for us to compute $\mathbb{P}(\sup_{t > 0} B(t) > 0)$. But then we have for any $T$, $$\mathbb{P}(\sup_{t > 0} B(t) > 0) \geq \mathbb{P}(M(T) > 0) = \lim_{n \to \infty} \mathbb{P}(M(T) \geq \frac1n) = \lim_{n \to \infty} 2 - 2 \Phi(\frac1{n \sqrt{T}}) = 1$$


(Via Blumenthal's $0$-$1$ law)

Let $\mathcal{F}_t$ be the filtration generated by your Brownian motion. Blumenthal's $0$-$1$ law tells us that if $A \in \mathcal{F}_{0+} = \cap_{s > 0} \mathcal{F}_s$ then $\mathbb{P}(A) \in \{0,1\}$.

Let $A = \cap_{n \geq 1} \{\inf_{0 \leq s \leq n^{-1}} B_s < 0\}$ so that $A \in \mathcal{F}_{0+}$. Note that $$\mathbb{P}(A) = \lim_{n \to \infty} \mathbb{P}(\inf_{0 \leq s \leq n^{-1}} B_s < 0) \geq \lim \inf \mathbb{P}(B_{n^{-1}} < 0) \geq \frac{1}{2}$$ So by Blumenthal's $0$-$1$ law, $\mathbb{P}(A) = 1$. This is again a stronger result than desired.


This may be criticized as an overkill but a one line answer to your question comes from the Law of Iterated Logarithm for BM: $\lim \inf_{ t\to 0} \frac {B_t} {\sqrt {2t\log\, \log\, (\frac 1 t)}} =-1$ a.s.. This implies that every interval $(0,\delta)$ contains points $t$ with $B_t <0$.