Driggs Avenue & Union Avenue
Driggs Avenue and Union Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Dome is 300 feet away, and North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Bedford Av L0.3 milesL
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- L …
Outbound
1 line- L …
Also within a walk
- Nassau Av G0.3 milesG
- Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L0.5 milesG 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/Union Av, 30 feet away, for the B62.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Driggs Av/Union Av B6230 feetB62
Next buses at this stop
- B62 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.
- 71 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 14 of them on-street corrals
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Driggs Ave & N 12 St 39 docks in all100 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 112 Richardson Street Gas station0.7 miles
- 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.
What the city has done here
- Safety Improvement Project, 2018
- Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2018
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
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 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 2005 and 2013.
Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 151 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Landmarks, monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedLandmarks and historic districts
Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne and Byzantine, one each, and built between 1916 and 1936.
- Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Designated landmark390 feet
Monuments and public art
The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in McCarren Park.
- Double Sun Mural by Mary Temple, 2016780 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 parks
- 1 dog run
- 1 garden
- 1 pedestrian plaza
- 4 other places
Schools and child care
- Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS School1,130 feet
- The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,170 feet
- Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- McCarren Park120 feet
- Dog Run in McCarren Park Dog run160 feet
- Green Dome Garden300 feet
Show all 5
- Pvt. Sonsire Triangle670 feet
- Vincent V Abate Playground900 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza1,170 feet
Community centers and public services
- McCarren Play Center Recreation center · landmark960 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Driggs Avenue & North 12th Street 320 feet
- Union Avenue & North 12th Street 450 feet
- Driggs Avenue & North 11th Street 580 feet
- Union Avenue & Roebling Street 610 feet
- Lorimer Street & Driggs Avenue 730 feet
- Roebling Street & North 11th Street 770 feet
- Bedford Avenue & North 12th Street 780 feet
- Driggs Avenue & North 10th Street 840 feet
See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or Union Avenue.