Broadway & Driggs Avenue

Broadway and Driggs Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburgh Savings Bank, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Driggs Av/Broadway · B62
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Driggs Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    1,040 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.5 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Driggs Av/Broadway, 40 feet away, for the B62.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Driggs Av/Broadway B62
    40 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Roebling St 27 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024
  • Turn calming, July 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Driggs Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329235, 333155 and 337389.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire, and built between 1852 and 1906.

  1. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Long Island Business College Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. Kings County Savings Bank Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Williamsburg Bridge Plaza and Playground.

  1. George Washington at Valley Forge Statue by Henry Merwin Shrady, 1906
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel School
    1,130 feet
  3. J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells School
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Williamsburg School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Continental Army Plaza
    610 feet
  2. Bedford Playground
    790 feet
  3. Sobel Playground
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. La Guardia Playground
    1,220 feet
  2. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    440 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New England Congregational Church and Rectory Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. 240 Broadway Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Church of Ukrainiane Landmark
    450 feet
  2. First Spanish Presbyterian Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 201 South 4th Street Older adult center
    1,010 feet
  2. Williams Plaza Community Center
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Driggs Avenue.

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.