Driggs Avenue & North 7th Street

Driggs Avenue and North 7th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Northside Community Garden is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them schools, and 112 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
50 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Driggs Av/N 7 St · T422
Within a walk
16 places
7 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Driggs Avenue & North 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 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 7 St, 50 feet away, for the T422.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Driggs Av/N 7 St T422
    50 feet
    T422

Next buses at this stop

  1. T422 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

  • 88 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N 7 St & Driggs Ave 53 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 134 North 4th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Driggs Avenue

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

West side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of North 7th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of North 7th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Unity Preparatory Upper Charter School of Brooklyn School
    410 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
  3. KidCo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Brooklyn Preparatory High School
    830 feet
  2. Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design School
    830 feet
  3. Williamsburg Preparatory School
    830 feet
  4. Conselyea Preparatory School
    880 feet
  5. P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth School
    880 feet
  6. Chabad of North Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  7. Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Northside Community Garden
    510 feet
  2. Ascenzi Square
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 179 North 6th Street Older adult center
    290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 112 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or North 7th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.