Driggs Avenue & North 11th Street

Driggs Avenue and North 11th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 57 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Driggs Av/N 11 St · B62
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Driggs Avenue & North 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    1,000 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Driggs Av/N 11 St, 120 feet away, for the B62.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Driggs Av/N 11 St B62
    120 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue and North 11th Street.

  • 79 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Driggs Ave & N 12 St 39 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of North 11th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of North 11th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Byzantine, and built between 1916 and 1921.

  1. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Designated landmark
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    590 feet
  2. Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS School
    610 feet
  3. Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    300 feet
  2. Green Dome Garden
    370 feet
  3. Dog Run in McCarren Park Dog run
    440 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pvt. Sonsire Triangle
    480 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or North 11th Street.

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.