Harrison Avenue & Hooper Street

Harrison Avenue and Hooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hooper Grove is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
240 feet · 1 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Broadway/Hooper St · B106, T432
Within a walk
40 places
16 religious buildings, 9 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Harrison Avenue & Hooper Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    240 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    1,290 feet
    J M Z
  2. Broadway G
    1,300 feet
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El in 16 Notes” (2002) by Mara Held at the Hewes St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Hooper St, 180 feet away, for the B106 and T432.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Hooper St B106, T432
    180 feet
    B106 T432

Next buses at this stop

  1. B106 …
  2. T432 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Division Ave & Hooper St 61 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

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

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and June 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Harrison Avenue

  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Harrison Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hooper Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hooper Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1884 and 1885.

  1. Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Yakov School
    520 feet
  2. Yeshiva Headstart Keap Street Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice School
    560 feet
Show all 15
  1. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    790 feet
  4. Bnos Chayil School
    850 feet
  5. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    880 feet
  6. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    910 feet
  7. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  8. Beth Rachel School for Girls School
    930 feet
  9. Cuddles Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  10. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    960 feet
  11. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    960 feet
  12. Uta 212 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hooper Grove Garden
    490 feet
  2. Rodney Park South Park
    840 feet
  3. Marcy Park South Park
    1,040 feet
Show all 7
  1. Rodney Park Center Park
    1,060 feet
  2. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    1,180 feet
  3. Marcy Green South Park
    1,200 feet
  4. Rodney Park North Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Library
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    690 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    350 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Harrison Avenue or Hooper Street.

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