Broadway & Kent Avenue

Broadway and Kent Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. South Williamsburg Ferry Landing is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/Wythe Av, is 460 feet away for the B32 and Q59, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Williamsburg Bridge
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Broadway/Wythe Av · B32, Q59
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Kent Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Wythe Av, 460 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Wythe Av B32, Q59
    460 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway and Kent Avenue.

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Kent Ave 35 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2003 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 203 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    280 feet
  2. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  3. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  2. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Williamsburg Montessori School
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    730 feet
  2. Domino Park Dog Run
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    90 feet
  2. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. South Williamsburg Ferry Landing
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Kent Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.