Broadway & Boerum Street

Broadway and Boerum Street meet at a three-way junction in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 firehouse is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
70 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Broadway/Boerum St · B46
Within a walk
20 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Boerum Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway G
    70 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    550 feet
    J M
  2. Hewes St J, M
    850 feet
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Boerum St, 100 feet away, for the B46.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Boerum St B46
    100 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boerum St & Broadway 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

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

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Imperial' thornless honeylocust and the 'Redmond' American linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

South side of Boerum Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    720 feet
  2. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    950 feet
  3. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    950 feet
Show all 9
  1. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    1,040 feet
  3. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,060 feet
  4. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    1,080 feet
  5. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  6. Bnos Chayil School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lindsay Triangle
    540 feet
  2. Sternberg Park
    570 feet
  3. Harmony Triangle
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sternberg Park Playground
    840 feet
  2. De Hostos Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boerum Street or Broadway.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.