Broadway & Lorimer Street

Broadway and Lorimer Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
150 feet · 1 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Lorimer St/Broadway · B48
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Lorimer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 150 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    150 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway G
    760 feet
    G
  2. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Roundlet Series” (2002) by Annette Davidek at the Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Broadway, 50 feet away, for the B48.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Broadway B48
    50 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lorimer St & Broadway 29 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 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, August 2016

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)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,500 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 1963 and 2000.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Lorimer Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304027.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    480 feet
  2. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lindsay Triangle
    60 feet
  2. Sternberg Park
    540 feet
  3. De Hostos Playground
    580 feet
Show all 6
  1. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    630 feet
  2. Sternberg Park Playground
    800 feet
  3. Harmony Triangle
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Lorimer Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.