Flushing Avenue & Williamsburg Street West

Flushing Avenue and Williamsburg Street West meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 52 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 5,613 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. United States Naval Hospital stands 630 feet away, and Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Steuben St, is 230 feet away for the B57. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them playgrounds, and two places to eat.

Safety record
30 hurt
52 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Flushing Av/Steuben St · B57
Within a walk
13 places
4 playgrounds, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Williamsburg Street West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Steuben St, 230 feet away, for the B57.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Steuben St B57
    230 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Flushing Avenue and Williamsburg Street West.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 52 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,613 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 29th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 3,816 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
88 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Williamsburg Street West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Greek Revival, and built between 1830 and 1838.

  1. United States Naval Hospital Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    1,100 feet
  2. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School
    1,160 feet
  3. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Playground
    50 feet
  2. Steuben Playground
    70 feet
  3. Classon Triangle
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. Taaffe Playground
    1,130 feet
  2. Penn Triangle Playground
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Williamsburg Street West.

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