Grand Street & Rodney Street

Grand Street and Rodney Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rodney Playground Center is 600 feet away, and Rodney Playground South is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them parks, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Rodney St/Grand St · B24
Within a walk
17 places
5 parks, 4 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Rodney Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,020 feet
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z
  2. Hewes St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rodney St/Grand St, 40 feet away, for the B24.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rodney St/Grand St B24
    40 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hope St & Union Ave 25 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 154 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grand Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Grand Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Playground
    210 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    600 feet
  3. Strawberry Playground
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. Rodney Playground South Playground
    820 feet
  2. Macri Triangle
    990 feet
  3. Marcy Green North Park
    1,020 feet
  4. Rodney Park North Park
    1,060 feet
  5. Jaime Campiz Playground
    1,150 feet
  6. Marcy Green Center Park
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 14 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Street or Rodney Street.

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