Franklin Avenue & Wythe Avenue

Franklin Avenue and Wythe Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg is 240 feet away, and Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz is 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wallabout St/Wythe Av, is 40 feet away for the B48, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 16 of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Wallabout St/Wythe Av · B48
Within a walk
47 places
16 schools, 13 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Avenue & Wythe Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wallabout St/Wythe Av, 40 feet away, for the B48.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wallabout St/Wythe Av B48
    40 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue and Wythe Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    470 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
    880 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Turn calming, July 2024

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1990 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY & SUNDAY 8AM-3PM

North side of Wallabout Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

South side of Wallabout Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

East side of Wythe Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 16 schools
  • 13 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  3. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    240 feet
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  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    240 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    240 feet
  4. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    270 feet
  5. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    290 feet
  6. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    470 feet
  7. Beth Chana School
    500 feet
  8. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  9. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  10. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    580 feet
  11. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    610 feet
  12. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  13. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    670 feet
  14. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    690 feet
  15. Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  16. Hychel Hatorah School
    940 feet
  17. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    1,030 feet
  18. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    1,030 feet
  19. Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem School
    1,070 feet
  20. Uta 128 School
    1,090 feet
  21. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  22. Eis Laasois Child Development Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  23. Bnois Spinka School
    1,170 feet
  24. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  25. Uta 125 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Triangle
    480 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    660 feet
  3. Penn Triangle Playground
    680 feet
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  1. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    1,020 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 71k Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue, Wallabout Street or Wythe Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.