Classon Avenue & Wallabout Street

Classon Avenue and Wallabout Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Classon Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Classon Av/Flushing Av, is 180 feet away for the B48 and B62, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 11 of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Classon Av/Flushing Av · B48, B62
Within a walk
36 places
11 day care or pre-K sites, 10 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Classon Avenue & Wallabout Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Flushing Av, 180 feet away, for the B48 and B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/Flushing Av B48, B62 · Shelter
    180 feet
    B48 B62
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 2000 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 77 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Wallabout Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Wallabout Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 schools
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  3. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    920 feet
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  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  4. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    950 feet
  5. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    960 feet
  6. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    970 feet
  7. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    970 feet
  8. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    970 feet
  9. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    970 feet
  10. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School
    1,010 feet
  11. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  12. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  13. Beth Chana School
    1,230 feet
  14. Bnos Spinka Boys School
    1,290 feet
  15. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet
  16. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet
  17. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet
  18. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Playground
    30 feet
  2. Classon Triangle
    60 feet
  3. Steuben Playground
    640 feet
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  1. Penn Triangle Playground
    750 feet
  2. Taaffe Playground
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Wallabout 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.