Broadway & Wythe Avenue

Broadway and Wythe Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Smith, Gray & Company Building stands 550 feet away, built in 1870. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Broadway/Wythe Av · B32, Q59
Within a walk
14 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Wythe Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    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 …

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Wythe Av, 50 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway and Wythe Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Berry St 34 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
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)
Williamsburg
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 258 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-5PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built in 1870.

  1. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    60 feet
  2. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    220 feet
  3. Campus Education Trade or language school
    360 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. Williamsburg Montessori School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Epiphany Playground
    970 feet
  2. Domino Park
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    580 feet
  2. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet
  3. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings County Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or Wythe 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.