Broadway & Thornton Street

Broadway and Thornton Street meet at a three-way junction in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uta 110 is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Broadway/Thornton St · B46
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Thornton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    440 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. Lorimer St J, M
    1,200 feet
    J M
  2. Flushing Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Thornton St, 60 feet away, for the B46.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 72 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Whipple St 27 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    790 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Broadway (north side).

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON

North side of Thornton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Thornton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305780 and 334200.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and built between 1921 and 1923.

  1. Williamsburg Branch, Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    220 feet
  2. Ohel Chaya School
    920 feet
  3. Uta 110 School
    930 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    940 feet
  2. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,030 feet
  3. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  4. Beginning With Children Charter School
    1,210 feet
  5. P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartlett Playground
    890 feet
  2. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,040 feet
  3. Bushwick Playground
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Charlie's Place Playground
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    960 feet
  2. EMS Station 57 Ambulance station
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    400 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    640 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    430 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    760 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Thornton Street.

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